Definition of grating

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Grating (n.) 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..

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Migrating :: Migrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Migrat.
Grizzly :: Grizzly (a.) In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices..
Rub :: Rub (n.) Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub..
Regrator :: Regrator (n.) One guilty of regrating.
Deflagrating :: Deflagrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deflagrat.
Arenaceous :: Arenaceous (a.) Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone..
Deflagration :: Deflagration (n.) The act or process of deflagrating.
Migration :: Migration (n.) The act of migrating.
Calcination :: Calcination (n.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime..
Bray :: Bray (n.) The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound..
Run :: Run (n.) The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning..
Grating :: Grating (n.) 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..
Stridor :: Strident (a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
Emigration :: Emigration (n.) The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western..
Emigrating :: Emigrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emigrat.
Integrate :: Integrate (v. t.) To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time..
Grating :: Grating (n.) A harsh sound caused by attrition.
Regrating :: Regrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regrat.
Transmigrant :: Transmigrant (a.) Migrating or passing from one place or state to another; passing from one residence to another.
Bray :: Bray (v. t.) To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound..
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