noun
A loanword used in technical, industrial, or beauty contexts for the act of polishing or buffing a surface, often as a process or technique.
この工程では、ポリッシングによって表面を滑らかに仕上げます。
In this process, the surface is finished smoothly by polishing.
研磨 is the native Japanese term for polishing or grinding, used in both technical and everyday contexts. ポリッシング is a more specialized loanword often found in industrial or beauty settings.
Borrowed from English 'polishing'.