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clad·ding
/
ˈklæd
ɪŋ
/
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[
klad
-ing
]
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noun
1.
the act or process of bonding one metal to another, usually to protect the inner metal from corrosion.
2.
metal bonded to an inner core of another metal.
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Origin:
1880–85;
clad
2
+
-ing
1
Related forms
un·der·clad·ding,
noun
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clad
1
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klæd
/
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klad
]
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verb
1.
a simple past tense and past participle of
clothe
.
adjective
(usually used in combination)
2.
dressed:
ill-clad vagrants.
3.
covered:
vine-clad cottages.
Origin:
before 950;
Middle English
cladd
(
e
),
Old English
clāthod
(
e
) clothed. See
clothe
,
-ed
2
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clad
2
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klæd
/
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klad
]
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verb (used with object),
clad,
clad·ding.
to bond a metal to (another metal), especially to provide with a protective coat.
Origin:
1935–40;
special use of
clad
1
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World English Dictionary
clad
1
(klæd)
—
vb
a past participle of
clothe
[Old English
clāthode
clothed, from
clāthian
to
clothe
]
clad
2
(klæd)
—
vb
,
clads
,
cladding
,
clad
(
tr
) to bond a metal to (another metal), esp to form a protective coating
[C14 (in the obsolete sense: to clothe): special use of
clad
1
]
cladding
(ˈklædɪŋ)
—
n
1.
the process of protecting one metal by bonding a second metal to its surface
2.
the protective coating so bonded to metal
3.
the material used for the outside facing of a building, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
clad
1300, alternative pt. and pp. of
clothe
, from O.E. geclæþd, pp. of clæþan "to clothe," from clað "cloth."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The side view shows
cladding
over the lower door panels.
Pre-patinated copper
cladding
wraps much of the new building.
Most optical fibers have a core of pure silica and a
cladding
layer that is doped with ions to change its refractive index.
Fuel rods in nuclear reactor cores are filled with uranium oxide ceramic
pellets in zirconium
cladding
.
Enriched uranium is manufactured into fuel rods that are encased in metal
cladding
made of alloys such as zirconium.
Finished in gray, the
cladding
is not too obtrusive.
Oversized ones could swell up and burst the
cladding
.
There are fewer superfluous curves and less
cladding
, presenting a more finished appearance.
Cooling failure causes steam to burn off the zirconium
cladding
of the fuel rods leaving zirconium oxide and hydrogen gas.
The
cladding
of irregular quartzite blocks has been cut so accurately that no mortar was needed to hold them together.
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