grating
pronunciation
How to pronounce grating in British English:
UK [ˈgreɪtɪŋ]
How to pronounce grating in American English:
US [ˈɡretɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
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- Adjective:
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Word Origin
- grating (adj.)
- "annoying, irritating," 1560s, figurative use of present participle adjective from grate (v.).
- grating (n.)
- "partition or frame of parallel crossing bars," 1620s, from grate (n.).
Example
- 1. Design and analysis of arrayed waveguide grating .
- 2. Fabrication of si nanowire arrayed waveguide grating .
- 3. Fabrication and performance of membrane in arrayed waveguide grating .
- 4. Grating spectrometer is used to carry on the detection of laser-induced plasma of al and sio2 sample .
- 5. Only one piece grating was used in absolute coding method , specified regular code was arranged on the grating , each angle was given a unique and corresponding code , even though restarting the instrument after power cut off , this correspondence remains unchanged , which ensures the reliability of angle measurement .