mask

4 letters in word "mask": A K M S.

Anagrams of mask:

• maks

Words found within mask:

am as ask ka kam kas ma mak mas sam ska sma

• Definitions:
• a covering to disguise or conceal the face dissemble: hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment" activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship" put a mask on or cover with a mask; "Mask the children for Halloween" cover with a sauce; "mask the meat" masquerade: a party of guests wearing costumes and masks shield from light a protective covering worn over the face
• A mask is a sculptured object that is worn by a performer, and normally represents a face. Masks are performing objects closely related to puppets and have been used since antiquity for ceremonial, aesthetic, and practical purposes. ...
• M.A.S.K. is an animated television series directed by three uncredited Japanese studios, KK C&D Asia, Studio World, Ashi Production, and produced by the French-American DIC Enterprises, Inc (Jean Chalopin & Andy Heyward) and also the toyline of the same name sold by Kenner.
• Mask is the calculating, mysterious god of shadows, thievery, and thieves in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms setting. Ed Greenwood created Mask for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, loosely inspired by the Greek deity Hermes.
• Mask is a 1985 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring Cher and Eric Stoltz. Sam Elliott and Laura Dern are featured in supporting roles. Cher received the 1985 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actress.
• Mask (sometimes The Mask) is a 1985 album by the Greek artist Vangelis. It was the last album he produced while living in London, and also the last he produced for the Polydor label. It is in a somewhat dark mood and classical in style, although it branches into ethnic styles.
• The Mask is the picture directory of Walla Walla College. It takes the form of an annual print edition and an online edition which has been upgraded every year since 1996. ...
• In computer science, a mask is some data that, along with an operation, is used in order to extract information stored elsewhere.
• Mask is the second album by the British gothic rock band Bauhaus, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music) on Beggar's Banquet Records. The album cover is a drawing by Daniel Ash.
• In color separation photography, an intermediate photographic negative or positive used in color correction. In offset lithography, opaque material used to protect open or selected areas of a printing plate during exposure.
• A pattern of bits or characters that controls the keeping, deleting, or testing of portions of another pattern of bits or characters. I, ANSI.
• To hide: an actor masks another when he stands in front of him and prevents the audience from seeing him properly. ...
• A term referring to the darker shadings on the face as seen in Siamese and Himalayans.
• opaque material or masking tape used to block-off an area of the artwork.
• Image used for defining a region of interest within an image thus reducing the processing time and the number of false positives in the hidden regions (outside the mask). ...
• A material applied to enable selective etching, plating, or the application of solder to a PCB. Also called solder mask or resist.
• 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. ...
• A defined area used to limit the effect of image-editing operations to certain regions of the image. In an electronic imaging system, masks are drawn manually (with a stylus or mouse) or created automatically--keyed to specific density levels or hue, saturation and luminance values in the image. ...
• An artform designed to cover the face. Masks have a long history and many styles can be indigenous to specific cultural groups
• Metal plate in cut out shape to insert over a spotlight to alter the beam of light; can be used as term meaning to conceal from view.
• In snorkelling, a covering for the face that helps you to see better underwater.
• determines the exact transparent or opaque parts of a sprite. For Mask ink to work, you must place a mask cast member in the Cast window position immediately following the cast member to be masked. The black areas of the mask make the sprite opaque, and white areas are transparent. ...
• The darker-colored areas of the face of some cats (eg., Siamese & Himalayan).
• Filter used during synthesis of a GeneChip array that exposed discreet areas of a wafer to ultraviolet light.
• A collection of Boolean values which are used to mark whether a value is valid or invalid.
• a covering of the eyes and nose that allows the clear viewing of underwater environments.
• The automatic formatting of an entry into a Field.
• (1) Opaque material (usually thin plastic) placed in front of the lens like a filter to block some of the light entering a lens. The mask may have a cut-out shape (a keyhole or heart-shape, for example) or may block half of the image frame to facilitate a double-exposure. ...
• One of the Four Faculties, the image of what we desire, wish to become, revere, or regard as good.
• In color separations, an intermediate lithographic negative or positive used in color correction and employed during the direct screening method. For use in making color corrections, a mask made from rubylith or film is used to alter precise areas of tone or color on litho dupe film.
• DPI software: A mask takes point clouds and uses or unuses individual points according to some rule. Masks and filters are distinguished from one another in the following way: masks are reversible and filters generally are not.
• A device placed in front of a lens to reduce the horizontal or vertical size of the frame or to create a particular shape (for example, periscope eyepiece, binoculars, or gun-sight).
• The term used for covering a cake or pastry with a sauce, buttercream, layer of marzipan or fondant, chocolate, ganache, frosting or icing.
• a glass plate with a pattern of transparent and opaque areas used to photolithographically create patterns on wafers. A mask is commonly used to refer to a plate that has a pattern large enough to pattern a whole wafer at one time. See also, reticle.

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