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DEAD AIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dead air mean?
• DEAD AIR (noun)
The noun DEAD AIR has 1 sense:
1. an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound
Familiarity information: DEAD AIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("dead air" is a kind of...):
break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)
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