cladding

cladding
a) Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fiber.
b) a weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building (called siding in the US).

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  • Cladding — is the covering of one material with another. It may refer to the following: Cladding (metalworking) Cladding (fiber optics) Cladding (construction) Copper cladding Rainscreen cladding Cladding (nuclear fuel) Cladding (boiler) See also CLAD… …   Wikipedia

  • Cladding — Cladding. См. Плакировка. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • Cladding — См. Оболочка твэла Термины атомной энергетики. Концерн Росэнергоатом, 2010 …   Термины атомной энергетики

  • Cladding — Cladding,   Lichtwellenleiter …   Universal-Lexikon

  • cladding — ► NOUN ▪ a covering or coating on a structure or material …   English terms dictionary

  • cladding — [kaldiŋ] n. [see CLAD] 1. a layer of some metal or alloy bonded to another metal 2. the process of bonding such materials …   English World dictionary

  • Cladding — Der Begriff Cladding (von engl. cladding; dt. Verkleidung, Hülle, Mantel) bezeichnet unterschiedliche Verfahren und Bereiche: ein Auftragsschweißverfahren, siehe Cladding (Auftragschweißen) die den Faserkern umgebene Zone (Mantel) eines… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • cladding — [[t]klæ̱dɪŋ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: oft n N Cladding is a covering of tiles, wooden boards, or other material that is fixed to the outside of a building to protect it against bad weather or to make it look more attractive. ...stone cladding. Syn:… …   English dictionary

  • cladding — clad|ding [ˈklædıŋ] n [U] especially BrE a cover of hard material that protects the outside of a building, piece of equipment etc ▪ decorative timber cladding …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cladding —    A decorative, protective, or insulating layer attached to the outside of a building or other structure. Various metals and stones are often used for cladding. Examples include steel, aluminum, limestone, and marble. Also, a technique of… …   Glossary of Art Terms

  • cladding —    The transparent material, usually glass, that surrounds the core of an optical fiber. Cladding has a lower refractive index than the core and so prevents the light signal from spreading out due to modal dispersion, by reflecting the signal… …   Dictionary of networking

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