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Meanings of brownout in английском

Darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)

A partial power outage, a disruption in electric power supply that reduces the voltage available causing lights to dim.

Usage of brownout in английском
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She was a brownout buffer pointed the wrong way.
Abaddon's Gate
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Most buildings had dim rows of windows lit; it was the brownout hour, he recalled.
Timescape
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The brownout buffer sat behind an array control board.
Abaddon's Gate
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She thought of him explaining about the brownout buffers.
Abaddon's Gate
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But the soaraway winner was "executive brownout" brought to us by the Harvard Business Review.
The Irish Times
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Then, on that weekend, there had been a brownout, and they had to kick that plant into action.
Radio NZ
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Unless they get that tanker afloat in forty-eight hours, Los Angeles is going to spend the weekend in a brownout.
Jem
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Some customers checking their email during the resulting brownout received "message refused" alerts from their mail software, Cota said.
Wired
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And that might mean you don't trigger the brownout - or a human health catastrophe, he said in an interview with the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Reuters
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So, brownouts within the next six months, total failure within thirty.
The passage
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Memories of exploding transformers, blackouts and brownouts from the last few summers are fresh.
Reuters
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Once this stops happening, inevitable power surges and 'brownouts' will take their toll on stressed infrastructure.
News.com.au
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Con Edison does not expect any brownouts or other power problems due to the Astoria incident.
Reuters
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Opponents worry about the return of Enron-era brownouts.
Wired
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We've had brownouts all week. She smiled agreeably.
Second chance
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In New York City, Consolidated Edison reduced its power voltage in some Manhattan neighborhoods, resulting in brownouts.
Reuters
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