WHITEOUT Definition & Meaning

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whiteout

[ hwahyt-out, wahyt- ]

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noun

Meteorology.
1. a condition, found in polar regions, in which uniform illumination from snow on the ground and from a low cloud layer makes features of the landscape indistinguishable.
2. a condition of heavily falling or blowing snow in which visibility is very poor.
an act or instance of whiting out with a correction fluid.
a white correction fluid used for this:
a bottle of whiteout.
a mistake, as in typing, that has been whited out with a correction fluid.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of whiteout¹

1940–45; whiteout ( defs 2, 3, 4 ) noun use of verb phrase white out; whiteout ( def 1 ) white + (black)out

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The family was traveling in the area during a winter storm that brought heavy snow and whiteout conditions to northern Arizona.

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The weather could bring whiteout conditions that will make travel difficult, according to NOAA.

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Considering the whiteouts in past years, this represents growth.

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Debt is a theme running through Season 5 of “Fargo,” and there was no more terrifying bill collector in Noah Hawley’s latest seriocomic venture into the dark whiteout of the Upper Midwest than Ole Munch.

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About 90 minutes into the day’s march across the ice cap, whiteout conditions and howling winds bear down on them, zapping all visibility and prompting a pointed back-and-forth.

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