SHIELDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shielded mean? 

• SHIELDED (adjective)
  The adjective SHIELDED has 1 sense:

1. (used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury

  Familiarity information: SHIELDED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIELDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury

Similar:

protected (kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss)

 Context examples 

Under these miniature magnetic umbrellas, the material that makes up the Moon's surface, called regolith, is shielded from the Sun's particles.

(NASA Mission Reveals Origins of Moon's 'Sunburn', NASA)

The Utopia deposit is shielded from the atmosphere by a soil covering estimated to be about 3 to 33 feet (1 to 10 meters) thick.

(Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior, NASA)

He dropped the whip and shielded his throat with his arms.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Once already his life has been attempted, but some evil spirit shielded him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Gamma rays are very penetrating and are best stopped or shielded by dense materials, such as lead or depleted uranium.

(Gamma Radiation, NCI Thesaurus)

For that reason, and for no other, he shielded me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This can lead to the competitors wiping each other out, especially when the provoking strain is shielded from, or resistant to, their toxins.

(Bacteria Can 'Divide and Conquer' to Vanquish Their Enemies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Family members who live with someone with tuberculosis may be shielded against the highly infectious disease by taking vitamin A. A new study finds that many of those who develop TB are deficient in the nutrient.

(Vitamin A Supplement May Thwart Tuberculosis Infection, Jessica Berman/VOA)

Permafrost in the coldest northern Arctic — formerly thought to be at least temporarily shielded from global warming by its extreme environment — will thaw enough to become a permanent source of carbon to the atmosphere in this century, with the peak transition occurring in 40 to 60 years, according to a new NASA-led study.

(Far Northern Permafrost May Unleash Carbon Within Decades, NASA)

The first struck Felton on the target with such force as to split it from side to side, but Sir William's lance crashed through the camail which shielded the Spaniard's throat, and he fell, screaming hoarsely, to the ground.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)