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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 soundplay

  Familiarity information: DEAD AIR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEAD AIR (noun)


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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