brownout

How To Use brownout In A Sentence

• We are told by one official that perhaps it was an accident caused by a problem called brownout, when the helicopter rotor blades kick up dust and debris. CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2001
• The helicopters touched down in a swirl of blinding dust, a condition pilots call a ‘brownout.’
• A brownout is a small voltage reduction to conserve power, usually 2% to 8%. Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage
• In some states, we face the possibility of brownouts or blackouts in peak load periods.
• And go ahead, laugh all you want at the humble candle-perhaps loved only by luddites and brownout victims-but "candlepower" is still the unit of choice for many measures of brightness. Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
• Other situations affecting power quality are transients or spikes, surges or over-voltages, noise and sags or brownouts.
• During those last 29 months the Journal-American and Mirror imposed a press "brownout" on McCarthy, occasionally mentioning him in news stories but almost never in columns and editorials. Jim Tuck's homepage, biography and published works
• Crews conducted numerous tasks during this period, including environmental ‘brownout’ training, blue force tracking training, fratricide prevention and gunnery.
• It can protect your equipment from hazardous brownouts that occur when electric companies reduce voltage during periods of peak demand.
• Other situations affecting power quality are transients or spikes, surges or over-voltages, noise and sags or brownouts.