brownouts

Meaning of brownouts

noun
  1. A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination
    When demand for electricity exceeds the available supply, a brownout occurs.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
  5. 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

Meaning :

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