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Meaning:

Noun:

  • cinematography A film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next.

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Verb:

  • chemistry intransitive To be disintegrated by such immersion.
  • chemistry transitive To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
  • cinematography intransitive To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
  • intransitive To be melted, changed into a fluid
  • intransitive To resolve itself as by dissolution
  • transitive To destroy, make disappear
  • transitive To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
  • transitive To liquify, melt into a fluid
  • transitive To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding

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