Unmasking
verb (used with object)
1.
to strip a mask or disguise from.
2.
to reveal the true character of; disclose; expose.
3.
Military. to reveal the presence of (guns) by firing.
verb (used without object)
4.
to put off one’s mask; appear in true nature.
noun
1.
backing (def 4).
2.
Psychology. obscuring, partially or completely, one sensory process by another, as the dulling of the sense of taste by smoking.
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
verb
1.
to remove (the mask or disguise) from (someone or oneself)
2.
to appear or cause to appear in true character
3.
(transitive) (military) to make evident the presence of (weapons), either by firing or by the removal of camouflage, etc
masking n.
The concealment or the screening of one sensory process or sensation by another.
An opaque covering used to camouflage the metal parts of a prosthesis.
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