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Definitions: Masking |
MaskingAdjective1. Hiding from view; "speeding down the other lane beyond the masking truck"- T.H.White"; "a masking piece is a flat or curtain that hides part of the stage from the audience". Noun1. The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft". 2. The blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation; "he studied auditory masking by pure tones". 3. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "masking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | A technique for sensing specific binary conditions and ignoring others. Typically accomplished by placing zeros in bit positions of no interest, and ones in bit positions to be sensed. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The process of symbolizing unknown character(s)by a special character. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Electrical Engineering | A technique that allows a system to delete superfluous(inaudible or invisible)artefacts from a data stream by means of data reduction or data compression, enabling the system to transmit or store wide-bandwidth information within a much smaller bandwidth. Source: European Union. (references) |
Engineering & Technology | Action of putting something that serves to conceal and to protect or to glue a part or a piece with adhesive. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The adherence of the sediment to the sides of the bottle in the making of sparkling wines, by bottle fermentation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Use of a mask on certain areas of originals, negatives, or sensitized metal for better reproduction. Correction of colour separation negatives by attachment of corrective photographic masks to the images. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military & Defense | In air defence, the use of additional transmitters to hide a particular electromagnetic radiation as to location of source and/or purpose of the radiation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | Collimation of the light emitted by a viewing box in order to illuminate particular parts of the film image. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | Special effect in which part of the picture signal is suppressed electronically with a view to its substitution by another picture signal. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | The process by which the threshold of hearing of one sound is raised due to the presence of another (British Standard 661:1969 ). Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | The method of covering or otherwise modifying projecting points of an aircraft aft of the parachuting door so that straps or static lines cannot foul them during dropping. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| MATAGEN | English | Masking tape gene expression | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MaskingSynonyms: cover (n), covering (n), masking piece (n), screening (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | My job requires mostly masking my contempt for the assholes in charge, and, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room so I can jerk off while I fantasize about a life that less closely resembles Hell. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Mom, where's the super strength masking tape? (As Told by Ginger; writing credit: Matt Maiellaro; Dave Willis) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Furniture and other home furnishings. Chaise lounge with cane backing in front of garage, with masking.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Miscellaneous subjects. Window photographed outside with masking.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Costa Rica | The strength in the nontraditional export and tourism sector is masking a relatively lackluster performance by traditional sectors, including agriculture. (references) |
Political Economy | TAIWAN | Content providers have also experienced persistent problems with advertising masking by cable broadcasters in violation of their contracts. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Masking" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 47.89% of the time. "Masking" is used about 142 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 47.89% | 68 | 40,606 |
| Noun (singular) | 44.37% | 63 | 42,364 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.63% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.11% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 142 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "masking": colour masking ♦ electronic masking ♦ masking paper ♦ masking piece ♦ masking process ♦ masking tape ♦ Perceptual Masking. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "masking": masking-tape, masking-taped. | |
Ending with "masking": backward-masking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sound masking | 237 | masking software | 10 |
masking tape | 157 | adhesive masking tape | 9 |
domain masking | 72 | masking solder tape | 9 |
masking | 58 | liquid masking | 9 |
ip masking | 45 | kapton masking tape | 8 |
masking product | 32 | colored masking tape | 8 |
backward masking | 30 | masking disc | 8 |
masking cap | 29 | masking solder tape wave | 8 |
design masking | 26 | frame masking system | 7 |
masking solution | 26 | url masking | 7 |
high temperature masking | 26 | paint masking | 7 |
cap high masking temperature | 22 | masking paper | 6 |
subnet masking | 21 | female masking | 6 |
address ip masking | 21 | blue masking tape | 5 |
high temperature masking tape | 20 | masking painter tape | 5 |
backwards masking | 17 | liquid masking spray | 5 |
high temperature masking product | 13 | ip masking software | 5 |
back masking | 13 | masking plug | 5 |
3m masking tape | 10 | masking paint powder | 5 |
masking powder coating | 10 | automotive masking tape | 5 |
5 flash in masking tutorial | 5 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "masking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 掩没 (masked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | maskování (camouflage, cover up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | maskning (colour masking, mask, masking process), masking, maskering (impersonation, masquerade, mimicking), vildledning (deception), bundfald (bad settlings, base, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, crust, deposit, précipitation, precipitate, precipitation, sediment, sediments and water), afmaskning (mask), afdaekning (blinding, tegmentum, tubeshield), afdækning (coverage, covering operation, degradation, degrade, denudation, guard, hedge, hedging, insulation, lute, screed, screeding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | maskervorming, maskerprocédé (colour masking, mask, masking process), maskermethode (colour masking, mask, masking process), maskering (drowning, masquerade), maskeren (colour masking, mask, masking process), schablooneffect, partiële beeldmaskering, blinderen (blanking, reverse clipping, shielding), afschermen (cut-off, screen), afplakken met kleefband (taping), afdekken (blanket, blocking out, covering, dump cover, matting, opaquing, paint out, painting in, reverse clipping, shielding, spill, spotting, spotting out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | maskaus (colour masking, mask, masking process), suojaus (guarding, screening, shielding, shrouding), rajaus (framing), peitteen käyttäminen, peittäminen (blinding, covering, dump cover), naamioituminen (impersonation, masquerade, mimicking), naamiointi (camouflage, colour masking, mask, masking process), häirintä (jamming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | masquer (colour masking, mask, masking process), masquage (colour masking, mask, masking process), marouflage, leurrage électromagnétique, fenêtrage, effet de masque, dépot en masque, découpage électronique, correction par masquage (colour masking, mask, masking process), carénage, camouflage radioélectrique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Maskieren (colour masking, disguise, dress up, mask, masking process, to mask), tarnend (camouflaging), maskierend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγκάλυψη (camouflage, concealment, cover up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מסוך (blended, camouflaging, curtaining, mixed, screening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | álcázás (camouflage, cover up, cover-up, dazzle, mask, palliation, protective concealment, screen, screening, shielding), maszkírozás, fedés (lap, shielding), eltakarás, elfojtás (choking, quenching, repression, smothering, suppression), elfátyolozódás, burkolat (casing, coverage, encasement, envelope, husk, jacket, muffle, overlay, pavement, revetment, sheet, swathe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mascheratura (colour masking, facing, mask, mask image, masking image, masking process), mascheramento (impersonation, masquerade, mimicking, visor, Vizard, vizor), schermatura (cut-off, rejection, reverse clipping, screening, shielding), ricopertura (blinding, overlay, overlay technique, taping), protezione delle parti da non spruzzare, procedura in cieco, procedimento di mascheratura (colour masking, mask, masking process), intarsio (inlay, Key, marquetry), collimazione (collimation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | マシン油 (barowner, machine oil, magic, magic glass, magic hand, magic ink marker, magic mirror, magic number, Magic Tape, magical, magician, majolica, Majorca, majority, manager, manipulator, mascara, mascot, masculine, mask, masker, mass, mass communication, mass consumption, mass democracy, mass fashion, mass game, mass media, mass production, mass sales, mass screening, Masscomp, mast, master, master course, master file, master key, master plan, master tape, masterpiece, Masters Golf Tournament, masturbation, mazurka, muscat, mustard, proprietor, serious, to jerk off, to masturbate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | マスキング . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 복면. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | askingmay mascarar (cloak, costume, guitar, mask), mascaramento, mascaragem, máscara (blind, face mask, guise, mascara, mask, pretence, pretense, shade, smirch, surgical mask, template, veil, vise, visor, Vizard, vizor), dissimulação (camouflage, concealment, disguise, disguising, dissimulation, fancy dress ball, hiding, Masquerade, obliquity, palliative, slyness, veiling), compressão de banda, camuflagem (camouflage, taping). (various references) маскировать маскирование. (various references) samolepljiva traka (masking tape). (various references) procedimiento de enmascarado (colour masking, mask, masking process), enmascaramiento (taping), enmascarado (colour masking, mask, masked, masking process, matting), encolado (bonding, collage, dressing, glue, glueing, size, sizing, slashing, taping), depósito aglutinado, corrección por mascarillas (colour masking, mask, masking process), corrección con mascarillas (colour masking, mask, masking process), carenado (duct, fairing, nose cone, shroud, streamlining). (various references) maskning (colour masking, go-slow, go-slow strike, mask, masking process, Mike, slowdown, tenting), maskfällning, maskering (camouflage, disguise), maska (finesse, ladder, mesh, Mike, run, scrimshank, skulk, slack up, stitch, swing the lead). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "masking": maskings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "masking": damasking, unmasking. (additional references) | |
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"Masking" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: maakin, macking, makink, Masakuni, Mascagni, masin, Masinga, maskeg, maskens, maskin, mawkin, mazing, Meshkini, Miskine, misling, Mozkin, mutskin, myshkin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "masking" (pronounced ma"sking) |
| 5 | -a" s k i ng | asking, basking, tasking. |
| 4 | -s k i ng | cornhusking, multitasking, risking. |
| 3 | -k i ng | aching, antismoking, attacking, backing, backtracking, baking, balking, banking, barking, biking, bilking, blanking, blinking, blocking, bloodsucking, booking, bookmaking, braking, breaking, breathtaking, broking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, checking, choking, chucking, clanking, clicking, cloaking, clucking, cocking, coking, cooking, corking, cracking, cranking, creaking, critiquing, croaking, debunking, decking, disliking, docking, dressmaking, drinking, ducking, duking, earmarking, earthshaking, eking, embarking, evoking, faking, filmmaking, flaking, flanking, flicking, flocking, flunking, forking, forsaking, franking, freaking, frolicking, fucking, gawking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, hacking, handshaking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, heartbreaking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, Hocking, homemaking, honking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, invoking, jacking, jaywalking, jerking, joking, junking, kayaking, kicking, knocking, lacking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leaking, licking, liking, linking, locking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, making, marking, matchmaking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mistaking, mocking, moneymaking, moviemaking, mucking, muckraking, networking, nitpicking, nonbanking, nonsmoking, overbooking, overlooking, overtaking, packing, painstaking, panicking, papermaking, parking, peacemaking, peaking, pecking, peeking, perking, picking, piggybacking, planking, plinking, plucking, plunking, poking, politicking, provoking, quaking, quarterbacking, racking, raking, ranking, ransacking, rebuking, reeking, reinking, remaking, remarking, restocking, retaking, rethinking, revoking, reworking, rocking, rollicking, sacking, seeking, shaking, sharking, shirking, shocking, shrieking, shrinking, shucking, sinking, sleepwalking, smacking, smirking, smoking, snaking, sneaking, soaking, socking, spacewalking, spanking, sparking, speaking, spiking, squawking, squeaking, stacking, staking, stalking, steelmaking, sticking, stinking, stockbroking, stocking, stoking, streaking, striking, stroking, sucking, sulking, tacking, taking, talking, tanking, thanking, ticking, tracking, trafficking, trekking, tricking, trucking, tucking, tweaking, undertaking, undocking, unlocking, unpacking, unthinking, viking, waking, walking, whacking, winking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wracking, wreaking, wrecking, yanking. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: makings. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-k-m-n-s" | |
-1 letter: asking, gamins, gaskin, kamsin, kiangs, making. | |
-2 letters: agism, amins, gains, gamin, ginks, kains, kiang, kinas, kings, mains, minas, minks, sigma. | |
-3 letters: agin, aims, ains, akin, amin, amis, anis, gain, gams, gink, gins, inks, kain, kami, kina, king, kins, magi, mags, main, mans, mask, migs, mina, mink, nags, nims, sain, saki, sang, sank, sign. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-k-m-n-s" | |
+1 letter: markings, maskings, smacking. | |
+2 letters: damasking, mismaking, mistaking, unmasking. | |
+3 letters: grimalkins, kingmakers, lawmakings, mapmakings, marketings, mismarking, mosaicking, sjamboking, snowmaking. | |
+4 letters: antismoking, bookmakings, dressmaking, filmmakings, glassmaking, homemakings, lovemakings, misspeaking, mythmakings, noisemaking, pacemakings, playmakings, postmarking, rainmakings, steelmaking, toolmakings, winemakings. | |
+5 letters: disembarking, dressmakings, glassmakings, greenbackism, matchmakings, meatpackings, merrymakings, mispackaging, moneymakings, moviemakings, multitasking, noisemakings, papermakings, peacemakings, phrasemaking, platemakings, printmakings, steelmakings, watchmakings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 73 6B 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- ... -.- .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110011 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a s k i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0073 006B 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47678577758073 |
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