Noun : the fade-out of a brilliant career.    From Dictionary.com. 

And the fadeout is icing on the proverbial cake.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Jesus and the Holy Ghost (Music (For Robots))] Reference

In the film, we get a fadeout instead of a response.    From Wordnik.com.  [Patt Morrison: Popcorn Populism and a Kernel of Truth] Reference

Sadly, they use it as a fadeout to the end of the song.    From Wordnik.com.  [Best Saxophone Solos of The Eighties | myFiveBest] Reference

Bank robber power fadeout into grassing police consultant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

There's no fadeout, or very little fadeout on the non-cognitive stuff.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Cutting funding for early childhood education in order to meet the current budget shortfall is probably not a great idea'] Reference

The problem, however was not that it was a sellout – it was kind of a fadeout.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The Starbucks Factor] Reference

Or would you rather be a leading woman for a few years and then do a permanent fadeout?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Empire of Dreams] Reference

With Before Sunset, Linklater found a fantastic way out by insinuating fate with a final fadeout.    From Wordnik.com.  [Linklater’s Omnipotent Narrative : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference

But as time came for renegotiations, most of Hollywood assumed a "Casablanca" - style arm-in-arm fadeout.    From Wordnik.com.  [HEY, MICKEY: BUZZ OFF!] Reference

Mr. RICHARDS: Well, we were on a fadeout and you kind of like to let them rock as long as they are going.    From Wordnik.com.  [Keith Richards: An 'Exile' In France] Reference

And with its echoes of contemporary glitch music, the extended fadeout owes more to Autechre than to Mario.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disquiet » Game Boy MP3] Reference

One explanation for this fadeout and then reemergence of the impact of kindergarten is through non-cognitive channels.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Cutting funding for early childhood education in order to meet the current budget shortfall is probably not a great idea'] Reference

Even the simple formulae of popular music, like the pop song fadeout at the end of "The Sweets of Evening," have their place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Music review: Nico Muhly with the Washington Chorus at Atlas Performing Arts Center] Reference

Right before the fadeout: the story of a West Point graduate who has been told he must do his duty in Iraq and forgo his NFL dreams.    From Wordnik.com.  [NBC, CBS: Wow, Girls Can Do Math! : Vanity Fair] Reference

I guess it's a fun one, but the fadeout is dissapointing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference

An automatically started fadeout slideshow is bad enough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

So far, I'm right on the energy sector and commodities fadeout.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

The words "The End" appear on the screen before its final fadeout.    From Wordnik.com.  [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference

We'll use the example fadeout. html from the code for the book here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

A buzzing organ nicely underscores the mood during the elongated fadeout.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

· Creating thumbnails with the fadeout effect, combined with transparent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference

As Ashley says her goodbyes, I hate this cycle's new fadeout sequence song.    From Wordnik.com.  [TV Squad] Reference

Her fadeout looked so much stronger because of her strong facial structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [TV Squad] Reference

The song loses it's greatness with the ending, which alas, is another fadeout.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference

With the menace stopped, the fadeout gives us the time to ponder the next step.    From Wordnik.com.  [PopPolitics.com] Reference

It is only in the final moments that the pace finally drops for an elegant fadeout.    From Wordnik.com.  [Articles - JazzTimes] Reference

However, Clarkson said the writing was on the wall well before the last term fadeout.    From Wordnik.com.  [AFL Latest News and Broadband] Reference

Sleep induction: Gently moves the brain frequency down to 3Hz, with a fadeout at the end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Press Releases] Reference

While we don't get a full contestant fadeout, Raina's image fades out for the final time.    From Wordnik.com.  [TV Squad] Reference

A reverie is inspired ... we seem to be going for a fadeout, but the shot instead dissolves.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Company Of Glenn] Reference

So this staggered fadeout pattern is expected in such situations and is what happened in this case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Unlike analog broadcasts, digital broadcasts aren't susceptible to interference, fadeout and other issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Sample, please, preferably one with some frames with the logo on a black background, like a fadeout or night scene.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doom9's Forum] Reference

After a false fadeout a somewhat psychedelic free-for-all ensues before a calm guitar riff brings things back into line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference