"rolling brownout" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rolling brownouts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rolling brownout (plural rolling brownouts)
  1. (electricity) A deliberate reduction in voltage.
    Sense id: en-rolling_brownout-en-noun-uz4Z5TeA Categories (other): Electricity Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (firefighting) Of firefighting services, a deliberate reduction in multiple service areas during staggered times.
    Sense id: en-rolling_brownout-en-noun-mnBe~fQv Categories (other): Firefighting, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Topics: firefighting, government

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