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MASKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
Example:
the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft
Synonyms:
cover; covering; masking; screening
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("masking" is a kind of...):
concealing; concealment; hiding (the activity of keeping something secret)
Derivation:
mask (hide under a false appearance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Synonyms:
masking; masking piece
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("masking" is a kind of...):
scene; scenery (the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation
Example:
he studied auditory masking by pure tones
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("masking" is a kind of...):
aesthesis; esthesis; sensation; sense datum; sense experience; sense impression (an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb mask
