masking

[ mas-king, mah-sking ]
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noun
  1. Psychology. obscuring, partially or completely, one sensory process by another, as the dulling of the sense of taste by smoking.

Origin of masking

1
First recorded in 1920–25; mask + -ing1, -ing2

Other words from masking

  • un·mask·ing, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for masking

masking

/ (ˈmɑːskɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the act or practice of masking

  2. 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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