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Definition of Grating |
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Grating
of Grate A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent. A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating. The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats. That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh. A harsh sound caused by attrition. A system of close equidistant parallel lines or bars, esp. lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction. Gratings have been made with over 40,000 such lines to the inch, but those with a somewhat smaller number give the best definition. Related Definitions: Admitting, Air, Also, And, As, Attrition, Been, Best, But, By, Called, Caused, Close, Convent, Cover, Covering, Cross, Definition, Diffraction, Equidistant, Especially, Flooring, For, Frame, Give, Grate, Grating, Harsh, Hatch, Have, Inch, Lattice, Latticework, Light, Made, Making, Movable, Number, Of, On, Or, Over, Parallel, Partition, Polished, Prison, Producing, Resembling, Ruled, Somewhat, Sound, Spectra, Strong, Such, Surface, System, That, The, Those, To, Used, Window, With, Wooden |
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Grating Quotations
Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night. George Eliot Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating. Warren Zevon But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference. William Godwin |
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Grating Translations
grating in Dutch is geknars, gekras grating in German is knirschend, Rasterung grating in Spanish is irritante grating in Swedish is galler, gallerverk |
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