Usually means: Temporary reduction in electrical voltage.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word brownout:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. brownout: Merriam-Webster
  2. brownout: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brownout: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brownout: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brownout: Vocabulary.com
  6. Brownout, brownout: Wordnik
  7. brownout: Wiktionary
  8. brownout: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. brownout: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. brownout: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. brownout: Dictionary.com
  12. Brownout (aeronautics), Brownout (album), Brownout (aviation), Brownout (band), Brownout (disambiguation), Brownout (electricity), Brownout (software engineering), Brownout: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. brownout: Rhymezone
  14. brownout: FreeDictionary.org
  15. brownout: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. brownout: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. brownout: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. brownout: Netlingo
  2. brownout: CCI Computer
  3. Brownout (disambiguation), brownout: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brownout (medical): Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brownout: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination.
noun:  Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
noun:  Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
noun:  A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
noun:  (Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong) A blackout, regardless of time of day.

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