What is "fade out"

n. A type of transition used in movies usually at the end of a scene, in which the transition fades to black from the cut. vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) To slowly disappear. 2 To fade from a cut to black in a movie.

v. become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: dissolve, fade away]

Fade out or Fadeout may refer to:

• Fade (filmmaking), a cinematographic technique causing the picture to darken and disappear (fade out) or the reverse (fade in)
• Fade (audio engineering), a gradual decrease (fade out) or increase (fade in) in sound volume
• Fade (lighting), in stage lighting, a gradual decrease (fade out) or increase (fade in) in intensity of a light source
• Fading, the loss of signal strength at a radio receiver

• Fadeout (novel), a 1970 novel by Joseph Hansen
• Fadeout, a 1959 novel by Douglas Woolf
• Fade-Out, a 1975 science fiction novel by Patrick Tilley
• "Fade Out" (CSI: Miami), an episode of the TV series
• " Street Spirit (Fade Out)", a song by Radiohead
• "Fade Out", a song by Seether from Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray
• The Fade Out, a 2014 comic book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

Fade Out is the second album by British alternative rock band Loop. This album was more commercially successful than its predecessor, reaching #1 on the UK Indie Charts and peaking at #51 on the official UK album charts.