| slovo | definícia |
blackout
(encz) | blackout,zatemnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
blackout
(encz) | blackout,zatemňující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
blackout
(encz) | blackout,ztráta vědomí n: přechodná Cascaval |
blackout
(gcide) | blackout \blackout\ n.
1. a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. any darkness resulting from the extinction of lights.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. the failure of electric power for a general region
sufficient to extinguish all normal lighting.
Syn: brownout, dimout.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. a momentary loss of consciousness.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. partial or total loss of memory. he has a total blackout
for events of the evening
Syn: amnesia, memory loss.
[WordNet 1.5]
6. a period during which artificial lighting is forbidden, as
in a city as a precaution against an air raid.
[PJC]
7. (Theater) the darkening of all stage lights, as at then
end of a performance or between acts.
[PJC]
8. suppression of information distribution; as, there was a
blackout on news from the military for the first day of
the Gulf War.
[PJC]
9. the prohibition of the broadcasting of a sports event,
such as a boxing match or football game, sometimes
confined to one particular area. It is usually done to
encourage sales of tickets to the event.
[PJC] |
blackout
(wn) | blackout
n 1: a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
2: darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a
city invisible to enemy aircraft) [syn: blackout,
brownout, dimout]
3: the failure of electric power for a general region
4: a momentary loss of consciousness
5: partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for
events of the evening" [syn: amnesia, memory loss,
blackout] |
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blackout (tv)
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blackout (war)
(encz) | blackout (war),zákaz svítit světlem Zdeněk Brož |
blackouts
(encz) | blackouts,výpadky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožblackouts,zatemnění pl. Zdeněk Brož |
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