fadeout

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

English

Alternative forms

• fade-out

Etymology

Deverbal of 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.