brownout
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- noun
- /ˈbraʊnaʊt/
- Specialized
- The brownout caused the lights in the office to flicker and dim unexpectedly.
- rolling brownouts
- cause brownouts
- prevent a brownout
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Watch on YouTubeWe can't windmill and solar farm our way to the base load energy that we need, so people don't want to have rolling brownouts and blackouts.
- We can't windmill and solar farm our way to the base load energy that we need, so people don't want to have rolling brownouts and blackouts.
- California's having blackouts every week, bracket brownouts, blackouts.
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While temperatures soared each day, a citywide dependency on air conditioners eventually caused brownouts.
Fiction book (1990) -
So that means whether it's little spikes or little dips, sometimes the dips are experienced as what's called a brownout, where you'll see the lights dim a little bit.
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It's probably just another brownout or something.
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I keep getting these brownouts.
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The summer is so hot there are municipal brownouts.
Fiction book (1992) -
So we can light the whole plaza without worrying about brownouts.
Fiction book (1992) -
It turns out that in Florida, they have serious brownouts in the winter.
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The heat's been causing brownouts all over the city.
Fiction book (1996) -
In a few years from now, widespread brownouts and blackouts will kick in.
Blog text (22) -
The US is experiencing frequent brownouts or blackouts because 200 or more coal-fired electrical generating plants have closed up shop -- victims of over-regulation by the EPA.
Blog text (13)
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In electricity, brownout keeps the same image: a partial fall in power that makes lights look brown or dim instead of going fully 'out'. So a brownout is a temporary drop in voltage that can make devices fail or lights flicker.