screen dimming

Monitor brightness reduction

Screen dimming is the reduction of a display's brightness, either manually or automatically.

Devices dim screens to conserve battery, reduce eye strain in low light, or signal inactivity before sleep mode.

My phone's screen dimming keeps kicking in while I'm reading.

Related

dark · adjust · slider · battery · power · glow · luminosity · twilight · eye strain · settings · ambient · auto · sensor · night mode · reading mode · contrast · blue light filter · LCD

Opposites
power/visibility state

screen dimmingpower on

Initiate electronic operation

screen off

Family

screen, screens, screened, screening, screenings, screener, screeners, dim, dims

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G