masking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: masking	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for masking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
masking n the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" Synonym(s): cover, covering, screening, masking the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation; "he studied auditory masking by pure tones" scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen Synonym(s): masking piece, masking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mask \Mask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Masked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Masking}.] 1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor. They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak. 2. To disguise; to cover; to hide. Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak. 3. (Mil.) (a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. (b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.