Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
brown-out .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word brown-outs.
Examples
-
Conversely, when utilities limit power during certain times of the day (allocations, "brown-outs," etc.), the facilities and operations team does not experience the challenges (and complaints) of having to provide the same level of IT services with less computing power.
-
Realistically speaking, if society is forced to generate electricity from low quality coal sources or to suffer chronic brown-outs, coal will be burnt.
-
Conversely, when utilities limit power during certain times of the day (allocations, "brown-outs," etc.), the facilities and operations team does not experience the challenges (and complaints) of having to provide the same level of IT services with less computing power.
-
Electrical grids are unstable because of surges as different sources are brought on and offline, leading to brown-outs and black-outs.
-
Conversely, when utilities limit power during certain times of the day (allocations, "brown-outs," etc.), the facilities and operations team does not experience the challenges (and complaints) of having to provide the same level of IT services with less computing power.
-
It left me wondering whether, with higher prices and the growing risk of brown-outs and even blackouts in the colder winter months, the energy giants - many of them foreign-owned - are not set to become the public bad boys they have long been in the United States.
-
NIMBYism, Green campaigns, anti-nuclear protesters and the Labour Parties hatred of technology has left the country 3-5 years away from rolling brown-outs and a then blackouts.
-
Electrical grids are unstable because of surges as different sources are brought on and offline, leading to brown-outs and black-outs.
-
"In water, we don't have the option of brown-outs," Mr. Helliker said.
-
"In water, we don't have the option of brown-outs," Mr. Helliker said.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.