shadow mask
noun
: a metal plate in a color cathode-ray tube that contains minute apertures permitting passage of electron beams to specific phosphors on the screen during a scan
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Inkjet printing doesn't require shadow masks and wastes fewer organic materials and stray particles that can cause defects.
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Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 31 May 2023
The Arcade filter leaves off the scanlines and instead adds a shadow mask effect, simulating the RGB phosphors of an arcade monitor.
—Aurich Lawson, Ars Technica, 29 May 2018
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Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 31 May 2023
The Arcade filter leaves off the scanlines and instead adds a shadow mask effect, simulating the RGB phosphors of an arcade monitor.
—Aurich Lawson, Ars Technica, 29 May 2018
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“Shadow mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shadow%20mask. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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