brownouts
Meaning of brownouts
noun
- A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination
When demand for electricity exceeds the available supply, a brownout occurs.
- Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
On rising suddenly from her chair she experienced a brownout and had to sit down again quickly.
- Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
Fire departments across the country have been forced to rely on rolling brownouts because of the recession.
- A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
- A blackout, regardless of time of day.
Information about brownouts
- It is a name.
- The singular form of brownouts is: brownout.
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Hyphenation of brownouts
brownouts
- It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
- brownouts is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
brownouts synonyms
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