fadeout

See also: fade in, fade-out, and fade out

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Deverbal from fade out.

Noun

fadeout (plural fadeouts)

  1. A gradual disappearance or fading away.
    • 2009 February 17, Howard W. French, “Surviving a Hitch in an Army of Boys”, in New York Times‎:
      The scene ends with a fadeout to unconsciousness.
    • 1959, United States, Rescue and Survival Specialist, Department of the Air Force, pages 3–22:
      Radio fadeouts in the arctic are caused by solar explosions and sunspot activity.
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