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How to pronounce brownout in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms blackout, dimout
Type of dark, darkness

Examples of brownout

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Several hitters referred to Hammel as the reason for the offensive brownout.
From the stltoday.com
Once it becomes clear that this is no temporary brownout, the public begins to panic.
From the time.com
Even if the brownout engine is not going, there is an engine going, anyway.
From the sacbee.com
The engine closest to it was on brownout, and the department's response time was 7 minutes.
From the sacbee.com
One of the first shows we played in Boston was at Johnny D's, and it was during a brownout.
From the boston.com
That brownout was emblematic of a team that could go curiously quiet.
From the sacbee.com
This time, Perez could've been throwing in the New York brownout.
From the jsonline.com
Sometimes a brownout is a matter of a few hours or a single shift.
From the kentucky.com
Some described the Cardinals'offensive brownout as inexplicable.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Blackout: darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
  • Brownout is the only studio album of American band Head Set.
  • In aviation, a brownout (or brown-out) is an in-flight visibility restriction due to dust or sand in the air. In a brownout, the pilot cannot see nearby objects which provide the outside visual references necessary to control the aircraft near the ground. ...
  • A power outage (also known as a power cut, power failure, power loss, or blackout) is a short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area.
  • A greyout is a transient loss of vision characterized by a perceived dimming of light and color, sometimes accompanied a loss of peripheral vision. It is a precursor to fainting or a blackout and is caused by hypoxia (low brain oxygen level), often due to a loss of blood pressure.
  • (brownouts) Temporary reduction in voltage, which can sometimes cause data loss.
  • (BROWNOUTS) During periods of acute power shortage, utilities can reduce the voltage on the power lines so that the amount of power delivered to each person is reduced (usually by eight percent).
  • A temporary reduction of voltage supplied by the electric company. Typically causes lights to dim.
  • A small, temporary voltage reduction implemented by a utility to conserve electric power during periods of high use.