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grating [′grād·iŋ] (electromagnetism) An arrangement of fine, parallel wires used in waveguides to pass only a certain type of wave. An arrangement of crossed metal ribs or wires that acts as a reflector for a microwave antenna and offers minimum wind resistance. (spectroscopy) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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prentice groped his way; and stopping at a house from whose defaced and rotten front the rude effigy of a bottle swung to and fro like some gibbeted malefactor, struck thrice upon an iron grating with his foot. It received such light as it got through a grating of iron bars fashioned like a pretty large window, by means of which it could be always inspected from the gloomy staircase on which the grating gave. Nothing of her ever comes to light - no grating, no lifebuoy, no piece of boat or branded oar - to give a hint of the place and date of her sudden end. |
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