"brown out" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brown outs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brown out (plural brown outs)
  1. Alternative spelling of brownout Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: brownout Related terms: black out, white out
    Sense id: en-brown_out-en-noun-Gir5xaIp

Verb

Forms: browns out [present, singular, third-person], browning out [participle, present], browned out [participle, past], browned out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} brown out (third-person singular simple present browns out, present participle browning out, simple past and past participle browned out)
  1. To experience a partial loss of vision having the characteristics of a brownout, to suffer a brownout. Categories (topical): Vision Synonyms: greyout, grey-out, grey out
    Sense id: en-brown_out-en-verb-UhNu0QTC Disambiguation of Vision: 7 93 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79

Inflected forms

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