different sides of the same shield

Two different, contrary, or opposite perspectives about or aspects of something. We fear death because it seems unknown to us, but it and life are really just different sides of the same shield. Thus we can see that arrogance and envy are often different sides of the same shield, both provoking and feeding off of the other. I was very happy in my relationship in the beginning, so I should have seen this coming. Joy and pain are just different sides of the same shield, aren't they?

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nuclear shield

Weapons and forces that have the ability to protect a country from nuclear threats. Concern about the country's nuclear shield have intensified amid growing tensions with their neighbor to the south. Those submarines patrol for threats 24/7 as part of our nuclear shield.

two sides of the same shield

Two different, contrary, or opposite perspectives about or aspects of something. We fear death because it seems unknown to us, but it and life are really just two sides of the same shield. Thus we can see that arrogance and envy are often two sides of the same shield, both provoking and feeding off of the other.

two sides of a shield

two ways of looking at something; two sides to a question.

shield

n. a police officer’s badge. The fuzz flashed his shield, and I knew the game was over.

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References in periodicals archive

Rogalla, New results in active noise compensation for magnetically shielded rooms, Meas.

Magnetic field stabilization for magnetically shielded volumes by external field coils

To avoid these pitfalls, users can buy commercial equipment and prevent the stray magnetic and electrical emanations from leaving the room, either by placing the equipment in a shielded enclosure or shielding the room itself.

Most shielded enclosures or rooms are constructed with steel, copper, bronze or some combination of these materials in one or more layers.

A less expensive Tempest alternative?

And electric fields can be shielded by relatively simple means (the field cannot penetrate any grounded conducting surface).

Individual equipment items may often be effectively shielded at reasonable cost - but this does nothing for the exposure of the worker.

Electric, magnetic fields growing growing concern

LaMastra warned that scrap handlers need to be aware of shielded and unshielded (loose) radiation sources, the latter being easier to detect.

Detecting radioactive materials in scrap

It is superposed on a broad pedestal, which results mainly from a continuous distribution of side-bands due to imperfectly shielded low-frequency field fluctuations.

Design and performance of laser-pumped Cs-magnetometers for the planned UCN EDM experiment at PSI