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shadow masks

shadow masks is the plural of shadow mask.

Meaning of shadow mask

Noun

shadow mask (plural shadow masks)

  1. A plate punched with tiny holes that separate the coloured phosphors in the layer behind the front glass of the screen. Three electron guns at the back of the screen sweep across the mask, with the beams only reaching the screen if they pass through the holes.

Questions about shadow masks

What is shadow masks the plural of?
Shadow masks is the plural of shadow mask.

Words near shadow masks in the dictionary

  1. shadow library
  2. shadow map
  3. shadow mapping
  4. shadow maps
  5. shadow mask
  6. shadow masks
  7. shadow matter
  8. shadow memory
  9. shadow minister
  10. shadow ministers
  11. shadow of one's former self

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