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• Masking (in art) — Contents 1 In painting 1.1 Solid masks 1.2 Liquid masks 2 …   Wikipedia

• Masking threshold — The masking threshold is the sound pressure level of a sound needed to make the sound perceptible in the presence of another noice, called a masker . This threshold depends upon the frequency, the kind of masker, and the kind of sound being… …   Wikipedia

• masking — 1. The use of noise of any kind to interfere with the audibility of another sound. For any given intensity, low pitched tones have a greater m. effect than those of a high pitch. 2. In audiology, the use of a noise applied to one ear while… …   Medical dictionary

• Auditory masking — occurs when the perception of one sound is affected by the presence of another sound (Gelfand 2004). The term masking is not confined to auditory perception as it can also be used in visual perception tasks.Masking can be simultaneous or non… …   Wikipedia

• Sound masking — For other uses of masking , see Masking (disambiguation). Sound masking is the addition of natural or artificial sound (such as as white noise or pink noise) into an environment to cover up unwanted sound by using auditory masking. This is in… …   Wikipedia

• Unsharp masking — is an image manipulation technique now familiar to many users of digital image processing software, but it seems to have been first used in Germany in the 1930s as a way of increasing the acutance, or apparent sharpness, of photographic images.… …   Wikipedia

• Backward masking — has several meanings: *The original meaning of the term, in psychoacoustics, refers to temporal masking of quiet sounds that occur moments before a louder sound. *A similar meaning, in use in cognitive psychology, refers to a phenomenon wherein… …   Wikipedia

• Flynn effect — The Flynn effect is the rise of average Intelligence Quotient (IQ) test scores over the generations, an effect seen in most parts of the world, although at greatly varying rates. It is named after James R. Flynn, who did much to document it and… …   Wikipedia

• Kinetic isotope effect — The kinetic isotope effect (KIE) is the ratio of reaction rates of two different isotopically labeled molecules in a chemical reaction. It is also called isotope fractionation, although this term is somewhat broader in meaning. A KIE involving… …   Wikipedia

• Mere exposure effect — The mere exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. In social psychology, this effect is sometimes called the familiarity principle. The effect …   Wikipedia

• Pure tone audiometry — (PTA) is the key hearing test used to identify hearing threshold levels of an individual, enabling determination of the degree, type and configuration of a hearing loss. Thus, providing the basis for diagnosis and management. PTA is a subjective …   Wikipedia