fade-in
noun
a gradual increase in the visibility of a scene.
fade-ins
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pluralof fade-in.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He doesn’t announce these shifts; there are no mysterious fade-ins, no portentously twirling camerawork.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
The title seems to have been chosen to reflect its nonlinear, outwardly random structure, which in turn is apparently meant to evoke "time's fade-outs and fade-ins and cross-fades."
From Time Magazine Archive
By 1938 another type of radio drama was in full flower, especially at CBS: the original radio script, with its narrators, its musical "bridges," its fade-outs, fade-ins, sound effects.
From Time Magazine Archive
