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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An unintended interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound.

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  • noun idiomatic, broadcasting 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.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound

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