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antimasking

antimasking

English

Adjective

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.