Antimasking

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Preventing or counteracting masking. not-comparable

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From anti- + masking.

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