I. noun
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A grating is a set of tight and dark stripes, usually of equal width.
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A spectrograph uses optical elements called gratings or prisms to separate the light gathered by a telescope into its component colors.
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Gullies often become blocked by dead leaves and small stones which fall through the grating .
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Only a trail of blue sticky stuff all on the gratings.
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Sometimes I added a few gratings of nutmeg.
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Such patterns are known as gratings.
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This process forms gratings in the crystal, a record of the interference pattern.
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Those that had iron gratings locked them across the plate glass.
II. adjective
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a grating personality
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a grating voice
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The machine began to spin faster and faster, with the grating screech of metal on metal.
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We could hear a group of tourists, talking in loud grating voices.
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Calls a short high-pitched whistle and a harsh grating note.
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Rincewind tried to shut his ears to the grating voice beside him.
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The gangplank that linked the slipway to the boat shifted to and fro with a grating sound.
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The luminance profile of a typical grating pattern is shown in Figure 4.3.
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The statue slowly slithered off his body; a grating noise as it hit the floor.