Fade

Fade

Fade may refer to:
*Fade (Blue Angel song), an obscure song by the band Blue Angel
*Fade (Staind song), a song from "Break the Cycle" by alt-rock band Staind
*Fade (film), a cinematographic technique used in film
*Fade (audio engineering), the gradual increase or decrease in sound volume
*Fade (lighting), the gradual increase or decrease in intensity of a light source
*Fade (radio), the loss of signal strength at a radio receiver
*Fade (novel), a novel by Robert Cormier
*Fade (computer game), a point-and-click adventure game for the Pocket PC/Windows Mobile platform
*Brake fade, the condition where mechanical brakes lose stopping ability due to heating
*Fade margin in telecommunications
*FADE, an anti-piracy method first used in the PC game Operation Flashpoint
*Street Spirit (Fade Out), Radiohead song
*An effect in photography most often caused by atmospheric haze
*A shot in golf in which the ball curves slightly left to right in flight for a right-handed player, and vice versa for a left-handed player
*A hairstyle characterized by a gradual decrease in the length of hair on the sides and back of the head, i.e. a hi-top fade


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  • fade — fade …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • fadé — fadé …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • fade — fade …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • fade — [ fad ] adj. • XIIe; lat. pop. °fatidus, class. fatuus « fade », d apr. sapidus; cf. saveur 1 ♦ Qui manque de saveur, de goût. Aliment, boisson fade. ⇒ insipide; douceâtre, écœurant. Il aime la cuisine épicée, ici tout lui paraît fade. Qui… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fadé — fade [ fad ] adj. • XIIe; lat. pop. °fatidus, class. fatuus « fade », d apr. sapidus; cf. saveur 1 ♦ Qui manque de saveur, de goût. Aliment, boisson fade. ⇒ insipide; douceâtre, écœurant. Il aime la cuisine épicée, ici tout lui paraît fade. Qui… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fade — [ feıd ] verb ** ▸ 1 become less clear ▸ 2 become less famous ▸ 3 start to die ▸ 4 lose strength ▸ 5 stop performing well ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive if the light fades, it gets dark a ) intransitive or transitive if the color of something… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • FADE — компьютерная программа, программное средство для защиты авторских прав, разработанное компанией Macrovision. FADE создан для использования в компьютерных играх и активно используется компанией Bohemia Interactive Studio в своих играх. Содержание… …   Википедия

  • fade — [feıd] v [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: fader, from Latin fatuus; FATUOUS] 1.) also fade away to gradually disappear ▪ Hopes of a peace settlement are beginning to fade. ▪ Over the years her beauty had faded a little. 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fade — FADE. adj. de tout genre. Insipide, Sans goust, ou de peu de goust. Viande fade. une sausse fade. une douceur fade. On dit, Se sentir le coeur fade, pour dire, Avoir du degoust. Fade, se dit fig. pour dire, Qui n a rien de picquant, de vif, d… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Fade — Fade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fading}.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. {Fade}, a., {Vade}.] 1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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