blanking

Pluralblankings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of blank. Use this form for an action that is happening now.

   He is blanking the whiteboard before the next lesson.

   She keeps blanking the old recordings to reuse the tapes.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The hiding or erasing of something so that it cannot be seen.

   Like covering a word with white-out so no one can read it.

   The sudden blanking of the screen confused everyone in the room.

   Readers complained about the blanking of entire paragraphs in the report.

   Similarerasure, redaction, deletion, blackout

3. 3
   noununcountable

   Turning the screen's beam off while it moves back, so it does not draw a line.

   Like lifting your pen off the paper while moving your hand to start a new line, so you don't leave a mark.

   The blanking keeps the picture clean while the beam moves back.

   Without blanking, you would see lines as the beam returns to the top.

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   A way of cutting flat metal into a rough shape using a press.

   Like using a cookie cutter to press shapes out of rolled dough.

   Blanking turns a flat sheet into the rough shape of the part.

   The factory uses blanking to cut metal disks for cans.

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