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whiteout
[ hwahyt-out, wahyt- ]
noun
- Meteorology.
- a condition, found in polar regions, in which uniform illumination from snow on the ground and from a low cloud layer makes features of the landscape indistinguishable.
- a condition of heavily falling or blowing snow in which visibility is very poor.
- an act or instance of whiting out with a correction fluid.
- a white correction fluid used for this:
a bottle of whiteout.
- a mistake, as in typing, that has been whited out with a correction fluid.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of whiteout1
1940–45; whiteout ( defs 2, 3, 4 ) noun use of verb phrase white out; whiteout ( def 1 ) white + (black)out
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Example Sentences
Driving from the Denver airport to Wyoming, I encountered an almost-otherworldly whiteout of a blizzard.
From The Daily Beast
THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
From The Daily Beast
For, at Penn State, the whitewash has replaced the whiteout, and the “Greatest Show” is nearing its end.
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The Commissioner and the Chief Inspector were at one in concluding that the crash has occurred in a whiteout.
From Project Gutenberg
The term 'whiteout' has more than one meaning as being descriptive of weather conditions in snow-covered terrain.
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Flying in a 'whiteout' of that description is no different from flying in thick cloud.
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