How To Use Brownout In A Sentence
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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.
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The helicopters touched down in a swirl of blinding dust, a condition pilots call a ‘brownout.’
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A brownout is a small voltage reduction to conserve power, usually 2% to 8%.
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In some states, we face the possibility of brownouts or blackouts in peak load periods.
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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.
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Other situations affecting power quality are transients or spikes, surges or over-voltages, noise and sags or brownouts.
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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.
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Crews conducted numerous tasks during this period, including environmental ‘brownout’ training, blue force tracking training, fratricide prevention and gunnery.
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It can protect your equipment from hazardous brownouts that occur when electric companies reduce voltage during periods of peak demand.
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Other situations affecting power quality are transients or spikes, surges or over-voltages, noise and sags or brownouts.
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Ms. Miller's imprisonment for civil contempt of court was less a perfect storm — to use one of the press 'hoarier clichés to characterize a grim convergence of unpleasant events — as it was a brownout, a distressing midsummer sign that a full power outage is on its way.
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One of the most dangerous tasks a helicopter pilot faces is landing in what's known as brownout, in which blowing sand obliterates not only the horizon but the landing spot itself.
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This has increased the cost of electricity resulting in blackouts and brownouts.
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Go out worry rain, catch the train worried about late, exam worry can't recall the answer, speech worry brownout, love worry is jilt...The pessimist seems always with all kinds of anxiety in combat.
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Earlier on the day of the crash, the Sikorsky attempted to land in another spot, but dust churned up by its rotors caused a "brownout" - a condition in which visibility is limited by dust or sand - and forced the helicopter to circle around before attempting another landing.
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It can protect your equipment from hazardous brownouts that occur when electric companies reduce voltage during periods of peak demand.
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A brownout is a service reduction, plain and simple," Bill Gault, president of Local 22, said Tuesday.
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Both of those helicopters experiencing what are called brownout conditions, meaning the pilots couldn't see the ground because of all the dust flying in the air as they landed.
CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003
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The helicopters landing in what are called brownout conditions, meaning the dust on the desert floor rises up and engulfs the helicopter.
CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003
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Other situations affecting power quality are transients or spikes, surges or over-voltages, noise and sags or brownouts.
