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▪ I. muting, vbl. n.1|ˈmjuːtɪŋ|
[f. mute v.1 + -ing1.]
a. The action of the vb. mute1.
1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. i. i. 20 The Stock-doue and the Blackbird.. Whose muting on those trees doe make to grow Rots curing Hyphear. 1641Milton Animadv. 31 This..livelesse Colossus, that..is subject to the muting of every Sparrow.
b. concr. That which is muted; ‘droppings’.
1614Markham Cheap Husb. ii. xvii. 144 The signes [of the priuie euill in Hawkes] are..foule blacke muteings. 1615Latham Falconry Explan. Wds., Mvting is the..ordure which comes from Hawkes. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Pheasant Pouts, Their principal Haunts..may easily be known by..their Mutings. 1847Couch Illustr. Instinct xiii. 239 Many birds will carefully remove the mutings of the young from the neighbourhood of their nest.
▪ II. muting, vbl. n.2
see mute v.2
▪ III. muting, vbl. n.3|ˈmjuːtɪŋ|
[f. mute v.3 + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb mute v.3 Also attrib.
1881Times 25 Oct. 11/4 The mysterious glamour thrown over the whole by the muting of the strings. 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 70/2 A surding or muting effect produced by impeding the vibration of the strings.
b. Electronics. The automatic suppression of the output of an amplifier when the input signal falls below some predetermined level. Freq. attrib.
1936W. T. Cocking Wireless Servicing Man. xv. 168 In practically all cases muting is obtained by arranging for a valve to apply a large bias to the last I.F. valve, the detector, or the first L.F. valve in the absence of a carrier, so that the stage is rendered inoperative. 1959H. N. Gant Mobile Radio Telephones ii. 51 Receivers for mobile radio telephony have very large amplification and the transmitter to which they are tuned is only on when a message is to be passed, so there are long periods when the receiver produces only noise, in the form of a loud roaring sound. To prevent this annoyance the more complex receivers often incorporate a muting or squelch circuit to cut off the receiver output in the absence of the signal. 1970J. Earl Tuners & Amplifiers ii. 39 The diodes and four transistors..give a.g.c. for the FET in the f.m. front-end, a potential for the tuning meter and inter-station muting.
▪ IV. muting
obs. form of moulting ppl. a.
1578Mirr. Mag., Vter Pendragon xv, For her disport my Ladye coulde procure The wretched winges of this my muting minde, Restlesse to seeke her emptie fiste to finde. |