fading

adj. tending to fade, tending to lose its color or intensity

v. discolor, lose color; become dim; wilt, wither; die out; bleach

This is about the phenomenon of loss of signal in telecommunications. For the book, see Fading (Book) Fading refers to the distortion that a carrier-modulated telecommunication signal experiences over certain propagation media. A fading channel is a communication channel that experiences fading. In wireless systems, fading is due to multipath propagation and is sometimes referred to as multipath induced fading.
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Noun
1. weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound"
(synonym) attenuation
(hypernym) weakening
(derivation) fade, wither

Noun
1. a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing"
(synonym) slice, slicing
(hypernym) golf stroke, golf shot, swing
2. gradually ceasing to be visible
(synonym) disappearance
(hypernym) termination, ending, conclusion
(derivation) melt
Verb
1. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
(synonym) melt
(hypernym) weaken
(derivation) disappearance
2. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
(synonym) wither
(hypernym) disappear, vanish, go away
(derivation) attenuation, fading
3. disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
(synonym) evanesce, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass
(hypernym) disappear, vanish, go away
4. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
(synonym) languish
(hypernym) devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
(derivation) attenuation, fading

n. fading (wheel)

n. fade