Definitions for dead air
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dead′ air′(n.)
the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during a television or radio transmission.
Category: Radio and Television, Showbiz
Origin of dead air:
1940–45
Princeton's WordNet
dead air(noun)
an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound
Wiktionary
dead air(Noun)
An unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which there is no sound; a similar interruption of a television broadcast in which there is neither sound nor a video signal.
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