grating
21grating — grat|ing1 [ greıtıŋ ] noun count a metal frame with bars across it, used for covering a hole or window grating grat|ing 2 [ greıtıŋ ] adjective a grating voice, laugh, or sound is unpleasant and annoying ╾ grat|ing|ly adverb …
22grating — [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] noun [C] I a metal frame with bars across it that is used for covering a hole or window II adj grating [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] a grating voice, laugh, or sound is unpleasant and annoying …
23grating — I grat•ing [[t]ˈgreɪ tɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material 2) phs diffraction grating • Etymology: 1605–15 II… …
24grating — grating1 /gray ting/, n. 1. a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material. 2. Physics. See diffraction grating. [1605 15; GRATE1 + ING1] …
25grating — grat·ing grāt iŋ n a system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars ruled on a polished surface to produce spectra by diffraction called also diffraction grating * * * grat·ing (graґting) a grill or grid, or something resembling such a… …
26Gräting — Grä|ting 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: s od. e; Mar.〉 Gitterauflage auf Schiffsdecks [Etym.: <engl. grating »Gitter, Gitterwerk«] …
27Gräting — Grä|ting die; , Plur. e od. s <aus engl. grating »Gitter(werk)« zu grate »Gitter«, dies über mlat. grata zu lat. cratis, vgl. ↑gratikulieren> Holz od. Metallrost als Laufsteg auf Schiffen …
28grating — A reflective surface covered with evenly spaced, microscopic grooves, whose purpose is to separate the individual wavelengths from “white” light. The distance between grooves and the angle of the faces are determined by the wavelengths to be… …
29grating — grat·ing || greɪtɪŋ n. network of parallel metal bars or wires, grill, grid, grate adj. scraping, abrading; irritating; oppressive; making a harsh or abrasive noise, discordant greɪt n. metal framework which holds burning fuel (in a… …
30grating — grating1 adjective 1》 sounding harsh and unpleasant. 2》 causing irritation. Derivatives gratingly adverb grating2 noun 1》 a framework of parallel or crossed bars, typically preventing access through an opening. 2》 (also diffraction grating)… …