| fade-out | |
| —n | |
| 1. | films an optical effect in which a shot slowly disappears into darkness |
| 2. | a gradual reduction in signal strength in a radio or television broadcast |
| 3. | 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 | |
| 5. | to decrease or cause to decrease gradually, as vision or sound in a film or broadcast |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |