What does masking mean?
Definitions for masking
ˈmæs kɪŋ, ˈmɑ skɪŋmask·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
maskingnoun
the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation
"he studied auditory masking by pure tones"
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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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.
Webster Dictionary
Masking
of Mask
Wikidata
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.
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The numerical value of masking in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of masking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of masking in a Sentence
Double masking is vague because we don’t know what kind of material or fitting.
The vast majority of new infections are occurring among unvaccinated individuals and creating a' pod' of vaccinated individuals around young children, as well as continuing them to mask and distance in indoor settings and among crowded settings, will be important in keeping them safe, for these unvaccinated children, masking, distancing and avoiding large crowds is recommended.
We've found that wearing two loosely fitted masks will not give you the filtration benefit that one, snug-fitting... mask will, the best kind of double-masking is when you and the person you are interacting with are each correctly wearing a very snug-fitting mask.
We are recommending masking in indoor public places to slow the spread while we continue efforts to get more Californians vaccinated.
But also, in order to protect those who can't get vaccinated, there are certain simple things you have to do, you mentioned one of them, universal masking in Feinberg School of Medicine, and even though there are some government leaders locally who are trying to push back on that, we've got to get the school system masked in addition to surrounding the children with vaccinated people. That's the solution.
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