antimasking

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English

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Etymology

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anti- +‎ masking

Adjective

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antimasking (not comparable)

  1. Preventing or counteracting masking.
    • 2010, The Handbook of Life-Span Development, Social and Emotional Development:
      The middle ear muscles, when contracted, serve an antimasking function by dampening the background noises and improving the ability of mammals to detect conspecific vocalizations.
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