dim-out

dim-out

(dĭm′out′)n.1. Restricted use of lights at night, as to make a city less visible from the air in wartime.2. The semidarkness resulting from restricted use of lights at night.

dim-out

n (Military) (in the US) a restriction which limits the use of lights at night

dim′-out`

or dim′out`,



n. a reduction or concealment of night lighting, esp. in wartime to be less visible to an enemy. [1940–1945]
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