"fade to black" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fades to black [plural]
Etymology: From the movie industry, where it was customary to end a scene or session of filming by closing off light to the camera, sometimes for dramatic effect, but often as a practical measure. Head templates: {{en-noun|fades to black}} fade to black (plural fades to black)
  1. (film) An ending of this kind. Categories (topical): Film genres Related terms: fade to white
    Sense id: en-fade_to_black-en-noun-bEZx-GHX Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

Verb

Forms: fades to black [present, singular, third-person], fading to black [participle, present], faded to black [participle, past], faded to black [past]
Etymology: From the movie industry, where it was customary to end a scene or session of filming by closing off light to the camera, sometimes for dramatic effect, but often as a practical measure. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fade to black (third-person singular simple present fades to black, present participle fading to black, simple past and past participle faded to black)
  1. (film) To end a film or a scene of a film by causing the image to be gradually dimmed into black. Categories (topical): Film genres
    Sense id: en-fade_to_black-en-verb-O0brEHGk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

Inflected forms

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