Look up: MASK

1. Mask
   In architecture a mask or mascaron is a grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
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2. Mask
   To hide: an actors masks another when he stands in front of him and prevents the audience from seeing him properly. Also a noun: fabric hiding a row of lanterns hung above the stage.
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3. Mask
   Blocking light from reaching parts of a printing plate.
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4. Mask
   1) Verb - To hide or conceal unwanted areas or machinery. 2) One actor obscuring another unintentionally. 3) Noun - A mould or prop used to conceal an actor's face.
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5. Mask
   The darker shadings on the face.
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6. mask
   [n] - a protective covering worn over the face 2. [n] - a covering to disguise or conceal the face 3. [n] - activity that tries to conceal something 4. [v] - cover with a sauce 5. [v] - shield from light 6. [v] - put a mask on or cover with a mask
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7. Mask
   To hide any equipment or offstage area through the use of curtains, flats, etc.
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8. Mask
   see Transparency mask
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9. Mask
   An area that can be protected and isolated from changes applied to the rest of the image.
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10. Mask
    To prevent light from reaching part of an image, therefore isolating the remaining part. Also called knock out.
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11. mask
    Artificial covering for part or all of the face, or for the whole head, associated with ritual or theatrical performances in many cultures. Theatrical traditions using masks include ancient Greek...
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12. Mask
    Device which acts as a barrier to the passage of a reagent (often light). A pattern of holes in the mask allows selective passage of reagent and results in a corresponding pattern of reagent deposition or photodeprotection on a surface placed behind the mask. This allows the generation of spatially addressable libraries.
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13. Mask
    (mould, shell) Clear plastic mask of the head made to hold the head and neck still. Worn during radiotherapy treatment.
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14. Mask
    Tracing an object, or portion of a photograph, with an image manipulation program prior to applying a different creative effect to it, like a blur, different coloured ink, or texture. Material used to shield artwork or film from additional retouching or exposure to light.
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15. mask
    A chrome and glass pattern for a layer of the wafer used in the photolithography process for silicon device manufacture.
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16. mask
    a transparent(glass or quartz)plate covered with an array of patterns used in making integrated circuits Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a pattern of characters that is used to control the retention or elimination of portions of another pattern of characters Category: Au...
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17. Mask
    This tool is used to select a portion of an image. This selection can be altered without affecting the other parts of the image.
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18. Mask
    Mask noun 1. A person wearing a mask; a masker. « The mask that has the arm of the Indian queen.» G. W. Cable. 2. (Sporting) The head or face of a fox. Death mask , a cast of the face of a dead person.
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19. Mask
    Mask noun [ French masque , Late Latin masca , mascha , mascus ; confer Spanish & Portuguese máscara , Italian maschera ; all from Arabic maskharat buffoon, fool, pleasantry, anything ridiculous or mir...
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20. Mask
    Mask transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Masked ; present participle & verbal noun Masking .] 1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to...
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21. Mask
    Mask intransitive verb 1. To take part as a masker in a masquerade. Cavendish. 2. To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way. Shak.
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22. mask
    1. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask. ... 2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. ... 3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a r...
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23. mask
    noun activity that tries to conceal something; `no mask could conceal his ignorance`; `they moved in under a mask of friendship`
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24. mask
    noun a covering to disguise or conceal the face
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25. mask
    verb shield from light
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