Shredding

Shredding
Shredding Shred"ding, n. 1. The act of cutting or tearing into shreds. [1913 Webster]

2. That which is cut or torn off; a piece. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]


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  • Shredding — Shred Shred, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shred} or {Shredded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shredding}.] [OE. shreden, schreden, AS. scre[ a]dian; akin to OD. schrooden, OHG. scr?tan, G. schroten. See {Shred}, n.] 1. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Shredding (disassembling genomic data) — Shredding refers to the process in bioinformatics of taking assembled sequences and disassembling them into short sequences of usually 500 to 750 base pairs (bp). This is generally done for the purpose of taking the short shredded sequences and… …   Wikipedia

  • Shredding Green — is a hamlet in the parish of Iver, in Buckinghamshire, England …   Wikipedia

  • Shredding (tree pruning technique) — Shredding is a method of tree pruning by which all side branches are removed on a systematic basis.In some countries this can be used for animal fodder.Other woodland management techniques include pollarding and coppicing.ee also* Woodland… …   Wikipedia

  • Shredding — Shred Pour les articles homonymes, voir shred (homonymie). Le shred (littéralement déchiqueter en anglais), est un terme utilisé pour désigner une tendance à la virtuosité du jeu de guitare tout particulièrement dans le rock et le metal. En effet …   Wikipédia en Français

  • shredding — /shred ing/, n. furring attached to the undersides of rafters. Also, shreading. [1660 70; orig. uncert.] * * * …   Universalium

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