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Definition of Brownout
1. Noun. Darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft).
Category relationships: Aircraft
Generic synonyms: Dark, Darkness
Derivative terms: Black Out
Definition of Brownout
1. Noun. A period of low alternating current line voltage ¹
2. Noun. Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brownout
1. a power reduction [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brownout
Literary usage of Brownout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hydropower 2002: Reclamation's Energy Initiative (1994)
"A brownout results in lights dimming and motor-driven devices slowing down.
A standard unit for measuring the quantity of heat required to raise the ..."
2. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"Noise One item of note: Like all bad things, a blackout doesn't come alone—it's
accompanied by its friends: sag, surge, and brownout. A typical blackout is ..."
3. Defend Your Data!: Guide to Data Recovery by David J. Stang (1991)
"3 brownout — A long-term (minutes or hours) condition of undervoltage, ...
Short term, computers may operate satisfactorily during a brownout, ..."
4. The Constitutional Year Book (1905)
"The action, however, against which il was directed has never bjen rep atcd- though
threats of the kind were (brownout at the time of the Reform struggle of ..."
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