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leadout

leadout is the alternative form of lead-out.

Meaning of lead-out

Noun

lead-out (plural lead-outs)

  1. A program scheduled to follow another.
    • The lead - in rating is expected to be the greatest single predictor of a syndicated television program , with the leadout second1992, Roger Alan Cooper, Syndication and the Structural Determinants of Television
  2. The tactic where one cyclist goes ahead at high speed so that a following teammate (the sprinter) can benefit from the slipstream. See drafting.
  3. The final part of the groove of a vinyl record, after the end of the recording.
    • It's not always convenient for me to pick up the tone arm at the end of the record and the stylus continues to ride the leadout groove for a time.1985, Stereo Review, volume 50, page 24
  4. A marker in the data stored on a compact disc, representing the end of a recording session.

Forms of leadout

pluralleadouts

Questions about leadout

What is leadout the alternative form of?
Leadout is the alternative form of lead-out.

Words near leadout in the dictionary

  1. leadoff hitter
  2. leadoff hitters
  3. leadoffs
  4. Leadon
  5. Leadons
  6. leadout
  7. leadouts
  8. leadpipe
  9. leadpipes
  10. leadplant
  11. leadplants

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