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dead air
noun
- the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during a television or radio transmission.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dead air1
First recorded in 1940–45
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Example Sentences
Was it a mere thrill of the dead air, too slight to be heard, but quivering in every spiritual sense?
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Again the man sniffed the dead air and, swinging the rifle into the crook of his elbow, continued toward the grub-shack.
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Just as they rode down by the first buildings a low whistle sounded on the heavy, dead air.
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The walls are of concentric shells of copper and zinc with two of wood, between which is 'dead air,' an effective heat insulator.
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And through the dead air came ever the low moaning of a distant sea, towards which my feet did bear me.
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