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fade-out

or fade·out (fād′out′)

A gradual diminishing in intensity of an image, light, or sound to imperceptibility, especially as a transition in a visual or audio recording.

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fade-out

1. (Film) films an optical effect in which a shot slowly disappears into darkness

2. (Telecommunications) a gradual reduction in signal strength in a radio or television broadcast

3. (Telecommunications) a gradual and temporary loss of a received radio or television signal due to atmospheric disturbances, magnetic storms, etc

4. a slow or gradual disappearance

vb (adverb)

(Telecommunications) to decrease or cause to decrease gradually, as vision or sound in a film or broadcast

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fade′-out`

1. a gradual decrease in the visibility of a film or television scene.

2. a gradual decrease in the volume of broadcast or recorded sound.

3. a gradual disappearance or reduction.

[1915–20]

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fade-out

or fadeout
noun

1. The act or an example of passing out of sight:

disappearance, evanescence, evaporation, vanishment.

2. A gradual disappearance, especially of a film image:

dissolve, fade, fadeaway.

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fade-out

[ˈfeɪdaʊt] N (Cine, TV) → fundido m (en negro), (cierre m en) fundido m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fade-out

[ˈfeɪdˌaʊt] n (Cine) → dissolvenza in chiusura; (Radio) → diminuzione f graduale del suono

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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