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Masking: A non-anamorphic widescreen film process. In masked films, blackened horizontal bands are placed across the top and bottom of a 1:1.33 frame, resulting in a wider aspect ratio of 1:1.85.

Masking Fluid: A latex gum product that is used to cover a surface you wish to protect from receiving paint. Miskit by Grumbacher and Art masking fluid by Winsor & Newton are two such products. Also referr . . . View Full Definition

Masking Frame: Is an adjustable frame used to hold printing paper in position under the enlarger, also referred to as an enlarging easel.

Masking Tape: A strip of paper or cloth similar to adhesive tape, which can be easily removed, used to temporarily cover areas that are not to be painted.

Color Masking: Pink or orange mask built into color negative film to improve final reproduction on the print.

Sandwiching: Combination of two or more negatives or film positives in the negative carrier or masking frame when printing or enlarging.

Weighted Stock Index: In weighted stock indexes, price changes in some stocks have a much greater impact than price changes in others in computing the direction of the overall index. By contrast, in an unweighted . . . View Full Definition

Anti-Clutter Rain Control: An electronic circuit that suppresses the reflected radar energy from rain and other forms of precipitation to prevent masking of objects that might otherwise be lost in the clutter. Also ca . . . View Full Definition

Epistasis: The masking of the effects of one gene by the action of another, example: widows peak masked by the baldness gene.

Local Control: Method of controlling the final quality of a print by increasing or decreasing the exposure given to localized areas of the print by selective masking.