Definition of "masking" []

• Physiology The concealment or screening of one sensory process or sensation by another. (noun)
• A piece of theatrical scenery used to conceal a part of the stage from the audience. (noun)

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• "Built upon decades of lying, deceit and sleight of hand, the European Union has been carefully crafted from its beginnings as a simple treaty on shared access to coal and steel, through an ongoing succession of treaties over a 60-year period to the final implementation of an imperial constitution, as usual with a title masking its true nature, the Lisbon Treaty."
• "However he made a mistake in masking his collar number which sadly helps to cast the incident in an ominous light."
• "You could check to see if the firing pins are stuck by putting a piece of thin masking tape on the back of some spent shells and see if the tape is marked or punctured."