"brownout" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: brownouts [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from brown out, by analogy with blackout. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|brown out}} Deverbal from brown out Head templates: {{en-noun}} brownout (plural brownouts)
  1. A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination. Synonyms: dimout Translations (a period of low alternating current line voltage): πτώση τάσης (ptósi tásis) [feminine] (Greek), calo di tensione [masculine] (Italian), hiko tāngangao (Maori), прова́л напряже́ния (provál naprjažénija) [masculine] (Russian), просадка (prosadka) [feminine] (Russian), baja de voltaje [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brownout-en-noun-aZJdIvpZ Categories (other): English deverbals, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 20 27 8 25 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 28 16 24 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 21 11 27 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 24 9 30 26 Disambiguation of 'a period of low alternating current line voltage': 94 2 1 1 1
  2. Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision. Synonyms: grayout, greyout Coordinate_terms (all senses): blackout Translations (temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision): потемне́ние в глаза́х (potemnénije v glazáx) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-brownout-en-noun-VLNgYnw- Categories (other): English deverbals, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 20 27 8 25 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 30 7 21 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 28 16 24 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 26 10 27 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 21 11 27 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 25 9 26 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 24 9 30 26 Disambiguation of 'all senses': 9 37 14 16 24 Disambiguation of 'temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision': 2 80 9 4 6
  3. Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
    Sense id: en-brownout-en-noun-ZwNAPNTo Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 28 16 24 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 21 11 27 31
  4. A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
    Sense id: en-brownout-en-noun-2i~k3ws1 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 20 27 8 25 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 22 12 31 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 30 7 21 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 22 6 33 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 20 10 33 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 28 16 24 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 26 10 27 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 21 11 27 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 25 9 26 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 24 9 30 26
  5. (Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong) A blackout, regardless of time of day. Tags: Australia, Hong-Kong, Philippines
    Sense id: en-brownout-en-noun-U9AY6aEG Categories (other): Australian English, Hong Kong English, Philippine English, English deverbals, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 20 27 8 25 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 30 7 21 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 28 16 24 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 26 10 27 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 21 11 27 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 25 9 26 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 24 9 30 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brown out, brown-out Related terms: whiteout

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.