Elastic vs Mask - What's the difference?
elastic | mask |
Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
Made of elastic.
Of clothing, elasticated.
(economics) Sensitive to changes in price.
springy; bouncy; vivacious
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials.
(uncountable) An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.
(countable) An elastic band.
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade
* (rfdate) :
(obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
(architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
(fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
(fortification) A screen for a battery
(zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
(Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasizes imitation but ignores power and representational intent.)
(computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
(computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, IV,vi :
To disguise; to cover; to hide.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare, Macbeth, III-i :
(military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(military) To cover or keep in check.
To take part as a masker in a masquerade
To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way
(computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
* 1993 , Richard E. Haskell, Introduction to computer engineering (page 287)
(computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting the associated bit.
* 1998 , Rick Grehan, ?Robert Moote, ?Ingo Cyliax, Real-time programming: a guide to 32-bit embedded development
To mash.
(brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
As nouns the difference between elastic and mask
is that elastic is (uncountable) an elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs while mask is a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection or mask can be a mesh or mask can be mash.As an adjective elastic
is capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.As a verb mask is
to cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor or mask can be to mash or mask can be to bewilder; confuse.elastic
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Alternative forms
* elastick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The rope is somewhat elastic , so expect it to give when you pull on it.
- elastic band
- Demand for entertainment is more elastic than demand for energy.
- He could see that she was tastefully, though not richly, dressed, and that she walked with an elastic step that revealed a light heart and the vigor of perfect health. Her face, of course, he could not analyze, since he had caught only the one brief but convincing glimpse of it.
- elastic''' spirits; an '''elastic constitution
Synonyms
* stretchy * stretchableNoun
- Running shorts use elastic to eliminate the need for a belt.
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(wikipedia mask)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . . * Derived from the -r- form: (etyl) maschera, (etyl) and (etyl) , (etyl) masker, (etyl) masquerade. * Derived from the form lacking -r- : German Maske and Swedish mask.Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- a dancer's mask'''; a fencer's '''mask'''; a ball player's '''mask
- (Francis Bacon)
- This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask .
Hyponyms
* (a cover for the face) (l), (l)Derived terms
* dust mask * death mask * gas mask, gasmask * mask house(qualifier) * screen mask * unmaskVerb
(en verb)- They must all be masked and vizarded
- Masking the business from the common eye
- to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out
- (Cavendish)
- (Shakespeare)
- That is, the lower nibble (the 4 bits 1010 = A) has been masked to zero. This is because ANDing anything with a zero produces a zero, while ANDing any bit with a 1 leaves the bit unchanged
- When should you mask a specific interrupt, rather than disabling all interrupts?