blackout

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: blackout

1	n	darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
2	n	a momentary loss of consciousness

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: blackout

Type of:: power failure, power outage
equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails

Type of:: break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

Type of:: unconsciousness
a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment

“he has a total blackout for events of the evening”

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; anterograde amnesia, posttraumatic amnesia
loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma; retrograde amnesia
loss of memory for events immediately preceding a trauma; forgetfulness
tendency to forget; selective amnesia
amnesia about particular events that is very convenient for the person who cannot remember; transient global amnesia
memory disorder seen in middle aged and elderly persons; characterized by an episode of amnesia and bewilderment that lasts for several hours; person is otherwise alert and intellectually active; senior moment
a momentary lapse of memory (especially in older people); posthypnotic amnesia
selective amnesia after being in a hypnotic state of events occurring during hypnosis or of information designated by the hypnotist

Type of:: cognitive state, state of mind
the state of a person's cognitive processes

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