decloak
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /diːˈkləʊk/
Verb
decloak (third-person singular simple present decloaks, present participle decloaking, simple past and past participle decloaked)
- (intransitive, science fiction) To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.
- Synonym: uncloak
- 1993 June 14, Brannon Braga, Timescape (Star Trek: The Next Generation), season 6, episode 25, spoken by Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton):
- Romulan warbird decloaking alongside the Vulcan ships.
- (cytology) To remove background stains.