Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A metal coating bonded onto another metal under high pressure and temperature.
- noun The process of forming such a coating.
- noun A protective or insulating layer fixed to the outside of a building or another structure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Clothing; clothes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun rare
Clothing ;clothes . - noun Any hard
coating ,bonded onto the outside of something to addprotection , such as theplastic sheath around anoptical fiber . - noun construction a
weatherproof ,insulating ordecorative covering fixed to the outside of abuilding (calledsiding in the US). - verb Present participle of
clad .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a protective covering that protects the outside of a building
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A fifty-pound chunk of steel was missing from the reactor, and the only thing holding the coolant in was the stainless cladding, which is paperthin, and which bulged out the hole like bubblegum.
Think Progress » Jonah Goldberg: Concerns About Climate Change Are ‘Millenarian Battiness’ 2006
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That contrasts with a meltdown of the cladding, which is destroyed at temperatures above 1,200 degrees Celsius and releases radioactive isotopes into the containment building.
Thestar.com - Home Page Lesley Ciarula Taylor 2011
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Consists of a very thin glass core surrounded by a material of slightly lower refractive index called cladding
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'Several people then suggested the idea of cladding the fibre.
rediff.com 2009
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So their driver, who is non-Amish and carries a cell phone, called the cladding company.
RVABlogs 2009
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The cladding is a fibre-reinforced polymer, or a FRP, and has a finish similar to that of a car.
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The cladding is a fibre-reinforced polymer, or a FRP, and has a finish similar to that of a car.
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The cladding is a fibre-reinforced polymer, or a FRP, and has a finish similar to that of a car.
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The cladding is a fibre-reinforced polymer, or a FRP, and has a finish similar to that of a car.
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The cladding is a fibre-reinforced polymer, or a FRP, and has a finish similar to that of a car.
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