Lexic.us

Definition of Shadowing

1. Noun. The act of following someone secretly.

Definition of Shadowing

1. n. Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading.

Definition of Shadowing

1. Verb. (present participle of shadow#Verb shadow) ¹

2. Noun. The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission. ¹

3. Noun. Speech shadowing is when an individual repeats speech as they hear it immediately without delay (usually through earphones). ¹

4. Noun. (espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance. ¹

5. Noun. A faint representation; an adumbration. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shadowing

1. shadow [v] - See also: shadow

Medical Definition of Shadowing

1. Procedure much used in electron microscopy, in which a thin layer of material, usually heavy metal or carbon, is deposited onto a surface from one side, in such a way as to cast shadows. Deposition is usually done by vapourising the metal on an electrode under vacuum. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadowing

Literary usage of Shadowing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to Understanding Trusted Recovery in Trusted Systems by Virgil D. Gligor (1991)
"4.3.3.3 Logging and Shadowing Both logging and shadowing have relative ... Gray et al. point out that the performance characteristics of shadowing make it a ..."

2. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... Wall Street — Human Depravity and Human Impudence — The Rogues' Gallery — Shadows and Shadowing — Unraveling Plots — Skillful Detective Work — Extorting ..."

3. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... Criminals — Establishing a "Dead Line " in Wall Street — Human Depravity and Human Impudence — The Rogues' Gallery — Shadows and Shadowing — Unraveling ..."

4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"This, and his undoubted over-shadowing by the genius of the greatest sonnet-writer of our day, are probably the reasons for his comparatively restricted ..."

5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"Shadowing See Rough Shadowing. SHAFT See Line Shaft; Main Shaft As mine shaft A shaft in process of completion is not within the meaning of the term "shaft ..."

6. A Handbook of Greek Sculpture by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1896)
"and are joined over the forehead, and a kind of fringe of short hair covers them in front, a device for shadowing the forehead, us the eyelids shadow the ..."

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