a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air a frame of iron bars to hold a fire optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it
disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Richardson Grating Laboratory
Manufacturer of diffraction gratings. Replicate from stock an inventory of master ruled and holographic gratings, plane and concave, transmission, reflection and echelle, and grisms. http://www.gratinglab.com/
American Grating
Manufacturer of molded and pultruded reinforced grating of fiberglass and phenolic also makes stairtreads and handrails. http://www.amgrating.com