metal shield

collocation in English

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metal
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmet.əl/us
/ˈmet̬.əl/
a chemical element, such as iron or gold, or a mixture of such elements, such as steel, that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat ...
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shield
noun[C]
uk
/ʃiːld/us
/ʃiːld/
in the past, a large, flat object made of metal or leather that soldiers held in front of their bodies to ...
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(Definition ofmetalandshieldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each tree was accompanied by ametalshield, which bore the name of a soldier.
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Finline is a variation of slot-waveguide but in the case of finline the whole structure is enclosed in ametalshield.
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Themetalshieldwas still worn of the dress uniform.
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Themetalshieldcovers the electronic circuit and electronic cables leading to the hard disk drive motor and drive head.
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Stress may accumulate if ametalshieldor other object presses on the tube envelope and causes differential heating of the glass.
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For instance, using a smallmetalshielddoes not make one better at using a small wooden shield.
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To protect the crew, a largemetalshieldwas added.
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It included both types of stabilization; its aluminum walls acted as themetalshield, and a series of secondary magnets ringed the torus.
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Ametalshieldmay be placed over sensitive portions of the circuit.
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Below themetalshield, there is a layer of foam, which serves as the actual electrostatic protection.
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Clanny derived lamps had ametalshield(typically tinned iron) in the shape of a truncated cone, called a bonnet covering the gauze above the glass cylinder.
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The robustness of the system stems from using various schemes such as time windowing, a waveguide, air and metal shields, and an intelligent sensor manager.
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During the 1970s, he began experimenting with placing ametalshieldon the top of the guitar in order to eliminate microphonic noise picked up by the guitars' pickups.
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On both sides of the room, there are metal shields shaped to look like people, except with a hole where the heart should be.
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