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fade times

fade times is the plural of fade time.

Meaning of fade time

Noun

fade time (countable and uncountable, plural fade times)

  1. The amount of time for a scene to fade to dark after lighting up.
  2. The time during which a wireless signal is too faint to be accurately received.
    • The annual fade time is three times that occurring in a heavy fading month when the climate is average.2006, Roger L. Freeman, Radio System Design for Telecommunications, page 31
  3. (light engineering, sound engineering) The amount of time for light or sound from a specified source to fade in from nothingness to the maximum that one is using, or to fade out from the maximum to nothingness.
    • Omitting this parameter invokes a default fade time, which is 1,000 milliseconds.2015, Michelle M. Fernandez, Corona SDK Mobile Game Development, page 183

Questions about fade times

What is fade times the plural of?
Fade times is the plural of fade time.

Words near fade times in the dictionary

  1. fade in
  2. fade ins
  3. fade out
  4. fade outs
  5. fade time
  6. fade times
  7. fade to black
  8. fade to white
  9. fade-away
  10. fade-aways
  11. fade-in

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