autofade

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ fade

Noun

autofade (uncountable)

1. Any feature (of a camera, audio mixer, etc.) that fades automatically.
   • 1974, Willard F. Bellman, Lighting the stage: art and practice:

     This automatically halts the autofade and returns control to the manual fader.

   • 1986, John Melville Bishop, Home video production: getting the most from your video equipment:

     One of the nicest enhancements on today's cameras is a circuit for fading to black at the end of a shot — autofade.

Anagrams

• auto da fe, auto da fé, auto-da-fe, auto-da-fé