"cloaking" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cloakings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cloaking (countable and uncountable, plural cloakings)
  1. The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (science fiction): invisibilización [feminine] (Spanish), camuflaje activo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cloaking-en-noun-KP~SrvOS Disambiguation of 'science fiction': 71 9 19
  2. The material from which cloaks are made. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cloaking-en-noun-gcY8-Zzp
  3. (SEO) The technique of presenting search engine spiders with content that differs from that seen by human users, usually for spamdexing purposes. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cloaking-en-noun-7TCyTUh7 Categories (other): Internet, Marketing, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 12 65 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 12 61 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 10 69 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 8 73 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 10 60 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cloaking device

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cloaking
  1. present participle and gerund of cloak Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: cloak
    Sense id: en-cloaking-en-verb-hUEIMLm8

Inflected forms

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