shadowing

[ shad-oh-ing ]
/ ˈʃæd oʊ ɪŋ /

noun Cytology, Histology.

a method of enhancing the visibility of the surface features of a specimen for electron microscopic viewing by spraying it from one side with a coating of metal atoms.

Origin of shadowing

OTHER WORDS FROM shadowing

self-shad·ow·ing, adjective

Definition for shadowing (2 of 2)

shadow
[ shad-oh ]
/ ˈʃæd oʊ /

noun

verb (used with object)

adjective

of or relating to a shadow cabinet.
without official authority: a shadow government.

Origin of shadow

before 900; (noun) Middle English sch(e)adew(e), schadow, shadw(e), Old English scead(u)we, oblique case of sceadu shade; (v.) Middle English; Old English sceadwian to protect, cover, overshadow, derivative of the noun; compare Old Saxon skadowan, skadoian, Gothic -skadwjan

synonym study for shadow

1. See shade.

OTHER WORDS FROM shadow

shad·ow·er, noun shad·ow·less, adjective shad·ow·like, adjective pre·shad·ow, noun, verb (used with object)

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British Dictionary definitions for shadowing

shadow
/ (ˈʃædəʊ) /

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of shadow

shadower, noun shadowless, adjective

Word Origin for shadow

Old English sceadwe, oblique case of sceadu shade; related to Dutch schaduw

Idioms and Phrases with shadowing

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