cross-fade

[ verb kraws-feyd, kros-; noun kraws-feyd, kros- ]

verb (used with object),cross-fad·ed, cross-fad·ing.
  1. to fade out (an image or sound) while simultaneously fading in a different image or sound.

noun
  1. an act or instance of cross-fading.

Origin of cross-fade

1
First recorded in 1935–40

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British Dictionary definitions for cross-fade

cross-fade

verb
  1. radio television to fade in (one sound or picture source) as another is being faded out

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