Demask
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To clear etchant and maskant from a part being chemically etched or milled. transitive
"The part is etched at a predetermined rate, then rinsed, demasked, and a final rinse is given."
- 2 To remove any masking materials that have been added to protect an area. broadly
"The first sequence is to mask, paint, bake, then demask; the second sequence is to mask, paint, demask, then bake."
- 3 To reveal something that was masked or hidden; to expose; to unmask.
"When it was learned that the antigen is heatstable , attempts were made to "demask" it in the fresh mucosa by boiling."
- 4 To overcome ideological preconceptions and labels.
"Marxists have always attempted to demask earlier legitimations of power as ideology by interpreting them as expressions of class interest."
- 5 To make salient or conspicuous; to draw attention to or improve the perception of.
"They wished to demask hidden metaphysics, to demask the false pretenses of sentences purportively descriptive but de facto metaphysical or evaluative."
Example
More examples"The part is etched at a predetermined rate, then rinsed, demasked, and a final rinse is given."
Etymology
From de- + mask.
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