Definitions for MASKING
ˈmæs kɪŋ, ˈmɑ skɪŋmask·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cover, covering, screening, maskingnoun

   the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

   "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"

2. maskingnoun

   the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation

   "he studied auditory masking by pure tones"

3. masking piece, maskingnoun

   scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen

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1. masking

   Masking refers to the process or technique of hiding, concealing, or covering one object or element with another. It is used in various fields such as psychology, technology, art or health with different connotations but the underlying principle remains the same – to obscure certain aspects while emphasizing or revealing others.

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1. Masking

   of Mask

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1. Masking

   In art, craft, and engineering, masking is the use of materials to protect areas from change, or to focus change on other areas. Masking can describe either the techniques and materials used to control the development of a work of art by protecting a desired area from change; or a phenomenon that causes a sensation to be concealed from conscious attention. The term is derived from the word "mask", in the sense that it hides the face from view.

Matched Categories

1. • Concealment
   • Scenery
   • Sensation

Anagrams for MASKING »

1. makings

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of MASKING in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of MASKING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of MASKING in a Sentence

1. Paul Callan:

   It is highly unlikely that the courts would permit the state to withhold funding from school districts which insist on masking children as a necessary health measure particularly when the CDC recommends masking.

2. Joshua Schaffzin:

   We have not found a way to prevent every respiratory disease, but we do have mechanisms, including hand hygiene and including masking and including avoiding people who are sick, that when we do them together, reliably, we actually can prevent transmission, we can control a pandemic.

3. William Schaffner:

   These data... give us some expectation, assuming that this protection lasts for a while, that we can continue to plan about moving from the pandemic phase to the endemic phase, these data undoubtedly played a substantial role in the CDCs decision to revise its masking recommendations.

4. Vivek Murthy:

   What we know … is that masks are a helpful tool to help reduce spread of the virus, when we look at schools in fact that have masking there is less spread and there are in fact fewer school closures as a result of there being less spread of the infection.

5. The CDPH:

   We are recommending masking in indoor public places to slow the spread while we continue efforts to get more Californians vaccinated.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=MASKING
2. ^ ChatGPT
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3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MASKING
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=MASKING