masking

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noun

1. the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it (Freq. 1)
- the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft
• Syn:
cover, covering, screening
• Derivationally related forms:
mask, screen (for: screening), cover (for: covering), cover (for: cover)
• Hypernyms:
concealment, concealing, hiding
2. the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation
- he studied auditory masking by pure tones
• Hypernyms:
sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
3. scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
• Syn:
masking piece
• Hypernyms:
scenery, scene

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  masquerade, masquerade party, masque, block out, disguise, dissemble, cloak