Masking

Noun Masking has 3 senses

• masking(n = noun.act) cover, covering, screening - the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"
is a kind of concealing, concealment, hiding
Derived form verb mask₁

• masking(n = noun.cognition) Array - the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation; "he studied auditory masking by pure tones"
is a kind of aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression

• masking(n = noun.artifact) masking piece - scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen; Array
is a kind of scene, scenery