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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Brown out; Brownouts; Brown-out; Brownout (disambiguation)

brownout         
¦ noun chiefly N. Amer. a partial blackout.
Brownout (electricity)         
DROP IN VOLTAGE IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Brownout (electricity
A brownout is an intentional or unintentional drop in voltage in an electrical power supply system. Intentional brownouts are used for load reduction in an emergency.
Brownout (aeronautics)         
  • An [[MV-22 Osprey]] is not visible in the large brownout dust cloud that it created during training.
  • N502MT EMS helicopter wreckage, near [[Pyote, Texas]]
  • 845 NAS]] on exercise in the Jordanian desert in 2013
  • Downwash from a [[CH-47 Chinook]] kicks up a dust cloud resulting in brownout.
  • An AH-64A Apache from the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, leaves an enormous cloud of dust after landing at a desert airstrip in central Iraq.
IN-FLIGHT VISUAL IMPAIRMENT BY PILOTS
Brownout landing; Brownout (aviation)
In aviation, a brownout (or brown-out) is an in-flight visibility restriction due to dust or sand in the air.

Wikipedia

Brownout

Brownout may refer to:

  • Brownout (electricity), drop in voltage in an electrical power supply, so named because it typically causes lights to dim
  • Brownout (software engineering), a technique inspired by brownout in electricity, to make applications more tolerant to capacity shortages
  • Brownout (aeronautics), reduced flight visibility due to airborne particles, especially from helicopter downwash
  • Brownout (album), studio album by American band Head Set
  • Brownout (band), a band from Austin, Texas
Examples of use of brownout
1. Brownout ahead Next month, CCTV‘s pink neon sign will be masked, the station‘s windows shrouded in brown paper.
2. Sierra Nevada got a $2 million contract in 2004 for research to develop a landing system to help pilots land in "brownout" conditions.
3. In an effort to show what they fear may happen if the bills before Congress are passed, CCTV has planned a brownout for Oct. 17.
4. As last week‘s heat wave stoked brownout fears, he also announced a statewide conservation push, pleading with Californians to use less energy.
5. I mean, that‘s a big step." The ALMAs became a focal point for Latino entertainers during the late 1''0s, when a national coalition of civil rights groups held a weeklong boycott of the four major TV networks to protest the "brownout" of Hispanics in American television.