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What is a brownout?

What is a brownout? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination
  2. Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
  3. Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
  4. a power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
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Can someone at Electricity and Water Authority please check our problem with the brownout in our area?
Battery input and brownout switch-over control.
On 26 April a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 266 CH-46E Sea Knight was destroyed by a hard landing during a brownout in Afghanistan.
There was no shortage, no rolling blackout, and no brownout.
Inverters make it possible to cope with brownout, disturbances, and power cuts.
A transient voltage spike, power cut, or brownout may have occurred.

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