A game system in which you must cover up all the number of the bingo ticket in order to win.

Also known as coverall, a blackout is when you must cover your whole card (all 24 numbers) in order to win.

Also known as coverall, blackout refers to a pattern in which every space on the card must be covered in order to win.

A variation of the game of bingo in which the object is to cover all the 25 spaces on your card. Usually 50 to 60 of the 75 bingo numbers have to be called to cover all the numbers on a card. But blackouts in as few as 42 or 43 numbers have been recorded in the Seattle area in the past five years. Blackouts in 48 or 49 numbers, while not frequent, are not uncommon.

(Also called Coverall) A pattern that requires the completion of the whole card in order to win.

(Also, Coverall) A pattern where you must cover the whole card to win.

Also known as coverall. The winning pattern is the whole card. The player must cover every number on their card in order to win.

pattern where you must cover the whole card to win. Usually 50 to 60 of the 75 bingo numbers have to be called to cover all the numbers on a card. But blackouts in as few as 43 numbers have been recorded (Same as coverall).

a type of pattern where the whole card must be covered in order to win.

A bingo game variation where players have to cover all (also known as a “Coverall”) of the numbers on a bingo card. This is usually achieved after approximately 50 or 60 of the bingo numbers have been called out but the fastest recorded wins have occurred after only 43 bingo numbers.

Also called Coverall. This is a pattern in which you must dab all squares to win.

A pattern where every space on the bingo card must be covered to win the game. Also called Coverall or Full House.

See Coverall.

(also called Coverall) A pattern in which you must cover all the numbers on the card to win.

the darkening of all stage lights, as at then end of a performance or between acts.

A type of paint used in the crossover connections between letters to prevent light spill. Special paints have been formulated for this purpose that offer a high-degree of adherence to glass, as well as resistance to weather heat, light, high voltages and corona discharge.

A sudden, rapid darkening of the stage. A slow darkening is described as "fade to black."

By the time war was declared, all street lights and illuminated signs in Britain were extinguished for the duration. ALL windows and doors had to be curtained so that no chink of light escaped to guide enemy aircraft. Torches and vehicle lights had to be shielded so no light escaped upwards. Traffic lights were covered so that only a small cross of color showed. The windows of trains, buses and trams were covered with a material which prevented the glass from shattering, with a small diamond left open in the center so you could (hopefully) see where you were. Most people relied on the driver to tell them which stop was coming up next! The interior lights of vehicles were disabled in the towns, and heavily dimmed in long-distance trains.

This is usually a curtain, used to blackout natural light in a room, improves quality of images being projected.

Complete absence of stage lighting. Blue working lights backstage should remain on and are not usually under the control of the board, except during a Dead Blackout (DBO), when there is no onstage light. Exit signs and other emergency lighting must remain on at all times.

A period when all stage lighting is turned off.

Blackout shades ensure total light blockage for privacy and efficiency. In cellular shades it is a foil lining inside the honeycombs and is referred to as blackout shades. In roller shades it is a white liner on the back of the selected shade and is referred to as blackout liner.

darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)

Term used to describe the Opacity or Translucency of a window covering. Blackout refers to the highest degree of Opacity, usually being able to block up to 99% of incoming light. Depending on the manufacturer, different names will be used to describe blackout qualities, such as eclipse (Hunter Douglas), cocoon (Graber), etc.

The darkening of a stage

An opaque film applied to the back of the vinyl substrate to prevent light from shining through the substrate when lit. The letters and logos which are desired to be lit are cut out of the opaque film to allow illumination.

Lighting term: switching all lights out at once, leaving the stage in complete darkness. See also DBO.

Shut down of stage lighting.

conditions of either total blackout (all lights extinguished) or partial blackout (only those lights are used that cannot be seen by the enemy, yet show the positions of vehicles to other road users).

when a regional network TV affiliate is forbidden from showing a local game because it is not sold out.

Blackout rated fabric blocks up to 99% of outside light. Blackout is the best choice for bedrooms, children's rooms, and media rooms. This feature has a different manufacturer's name: opaque, eclipse, room darkening, cocoon, etc

A lighting design term referring to a light cue which takes the stage quickly into darkness. A blackout is often abbreviated B/O. See Also: Cue

Ability of a blind or shade to completely block light.

A common stage direction at the end of a scene or an act.

Ideal for bedrooms, media rooms or children's rooms, blackout blinds and shades block out the majority of outside light. Fabric that is blackout rated can block outside light up to 99%.

At night in Britain, during the War, all outside lights were switched off and people had to make sure that no lights could be seen from within their houses - hence people put up 'blackout curtains'. This was done to make it harder for enemy planes to find targets. The police and air raid wardens warned people if they hadn't made their houses dark, or if they flashed torches around. Even car and other vehicle lights had to be made very dim. Often people had accidents in the blackout because they couldn't see very well at night

(also, blacken) As the flame is extinguished, the fire is said to be blacked out. To "knock down" a fire; to reduce a fire by extinguishing all visible flame. See Knock Down.

A blackout in time of war, or apprehended war, refers to the practice of collectively minimizing external light, including upward-directed (or reflected) light. This was done in the 20th century to keep the crews of enemy aircraft from being able to navigate to their targets simply by sight. In coastal regions a shore-side blackout of city lights would also help protect ships from being seen and attacked by enemy submarines farther out to sea.

a period of intoxication during which the individual is unable to form or store new memories despite appearing to be awake and alert

a temporary memory loss during which the person stays conscious and active, and may even appear sober, but later cannot remember, even if reminded, where he or she was or what he or she did

Amnesia for events occurring during the period of alcoholic intoxication, even though consciousness had been maintained at that time” ( Levinthal, 188).

Alcohol-induced short-term memory impairment in which events that occurred during the blackout are missing from memory. As far as the drinker is concerned, the events never occurred. But having a blackout does not absolve a person of responsibility for things they said or acts they committed during the blackout – even if they have no memory of having said or done those things.

Loss of memory while drinking large quantities of alcohol. This means the person does not remember events that occurred while he or she appeared to other people to be alert and still functioning. If a person has repeated blackouts from drinking, this often means the person has alcoholism.

amnesia of events while under influence, heavily intoxicated alcohol other sedative/hypnotic drugs

Acute anterograde amnesia with no formation of long-term memory, resulting from the ingestion of alcohol or other drugs; i.e. a period of memory loss for which there is no recall of activities.

A blackout is when a person can't remember a period of time even though they were conscious.

no memory of what went on while drinking or using other drugs

A total loss of electrical power.

1. Short-term loss of vision and consciousness. 2. In an alcoholic person, loss of memory for a period of time.

An abrupt, unanticipated loss of all electrical power.

a complete interruption of power in a particular area

a complete loss of electrical power and may last from a fraction of a second to weeks

an expression for a reduction of electricity power

an instantaneous and total loss-of-voltage situation

a total loss of power for several seconds, several minutes, or several hours

a wide-ranging outage

A complete loss of power that may last from several milliseconds to several hours. Also known as an outage or interruption.

A total power failure over a large area; usually caused by the failure of major generating equipment or transmission facilities.

A loss of alternating current (AC).

The total loss of electric supply to an area

a condition of zero voltage on the 120/240 VAC power line due to a failure or deliberate shutdown of the utility's generation and / or transmission facilities.

The disconnection of the source of electricity serving an area brought about by an emergency forced outage or other fault in the generation, transmission or distribution system.

A loss of consciousness experienced by a particular identity while another identity is in executive control of the body.

A temporary loss of electricity in an area because of failure of generation or transmission equipment.

A close down of radio communications for security purposes. Also, a fade-out of radio communications caused by ionospheric activity. Also, a complete loss of electrical power.

A temporary loss of vision and/or consciousness when a person is subjected to high accelerations.

A temporary loss of radio communications which occurs between a spacecraft reentering the atmosphere and ground stations due to an ionized sheath of plasma which develops around the vehicle.

a total loss of power caused by the failure of the generation, transmission or distribution system.

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Total loss of commercial power.

The emergency loss of the source of electricity serving an area caused by failure of the generation, transmission or distribution system.

Total loss of power to electrical equipment, causing loss of memory and requiring the restart of certain equipment and systems.

A complete loss of power lasting for more than one cycle. A blackout can damage electronics, corrupt or destroy data, or cause a system shutdown. Blackouts can result from any of a number of problems, ranging from acts of God (hurricanes or other high winds, ice storms, lightning, trees falling on power lines, floods, geomagnetic storms triggered by sunspots and solar flares, etc.) to situations such as cables being cut during excavation, equipment failures at the utility, vandalism, corrosion, etc. Also known as an outage.

A blackout, or power failure, is a complete loss of AC line voltage that can last for several seconds or go on for several days. Blackouts cause viewing and recording disruptions, and they can also cause potential damage to receivers and recorders due to incorrect turn-on sequencing when power is restored. UPS Systems support TVs and components through blackouts.

The total loss of electric power supplied by the electric company.

A power loss affecting many electricity consumers over a large geographical area for a significant period of time.

Complete interruption of power supply, either intentionally for operating or maintenance purposes or automatically because of a system disturbance. Such disturbance may be due to the available generation, transmission or distribution network being insufficient to meet demand, or to unexpected facility outages.

See radio blackout.

a "wartime restraint" where imposed by naval authorities

The non-broadcast of a live event imposed by the event's sponsor(s).

A term used to describe the non-broadcast of a live event (i.e., sports, cultural) usually imposed by the sponsor(s) of the event in the interest of maintaining ticket sales, attendance, etc.

3/4– When a home sporting event is not carried by local TV because of contractual agreement or regulations imposed by a league.