What does "fade in" mean?

A type of transition used in visual media, in which the transition is at first black, fading to a visual image.

What is a synonym for "fade in"?

Common synonyms include: appear, arise, become manifest, become visible, come, come forth.

noun, verb

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Noun

1
A type of transition used in visual media, in which the transition is at first black, fading to a visual image.

Verb

1
To fade from black to a visual image in a film or other visual media. intransitive, transitive
"Fade in and out of a daydream / Our waking life torn at the seam / I am the match / You're the gasoline"
2
To commence with silence in a song and then slowly increase the volume of the music until the intro of the song is over. intransitive, transitive

"Fade in and out of a daydream / Our waking life torn at the seam / I am the match / You're the gasoline"