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F&E: Film and Equipment. A screw-locking video connector originally used in the US film industry. See Figure F.1. (Hist.)

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Figure F.1 F&E socket

fade: (1) The controlled gradual reduction or increase of a picture image or an audio or video signal. (2) The decrease in strength of a received signal due to transmission (1) variations.

fade down: The gradual reduction of an audio signal or lamp intensity.

fade-in: See fade-up.

fade-out: The gradual disappearance of a picture, usually to uniform black (fade to black), or the decrease of an audio signal.

fade-up: The gradual appearance of a picture, usually from a uniform black, or the increase ...

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