blanking

  1. Verb.  (present participle of, blank) .
  2. Noun.  An instance of something being blanked out.
  3. Noun.  A metalworking process to form the rough shape of a sheet-metal workpiece.
  4. Noun.  (television) The reduction of the brightness of the scanning beam to zero when it needs to be moved without updating the picture.

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