cladding
noun
- structural aspect of optical fibers around the core
- overlapping layer; building element
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈklædɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: From clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.
- Clothing; clothes.
- Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.
- A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.
verb
Etymology: From clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.
- present participle and gerund of clad