masking
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mask·ing
(măs′kĭng)n.
1. Physiology The concealment or screening of one sensory process or sensation by another.
2. A piece of theatrical scenery used to conceal a part of the stage from the audience.
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masking
(ˈmɑːskɪŋ)n
1. the act or practice of masking
2. (Psychology) psychol the process by which a stimulus (usually visual or auditory) is obscured by the presence of another almost simultaneous stimulus
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mask•ing
(ˈmæs kɪŋ, ˈmɑ skɪŋ)n.
2. obscuring or blocking one sensory process by another.
[1920–25]
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| Noun | 1. |  masking - the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" |
| 2. | masking - the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation; "he studied auditory masking by pure tones" aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression - an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch" | |
| 3. |  masking - scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen |
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