Brownout (aviation)
WordNet
noun
(1) Darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
- On rising suddenly from her chair she experienced a brownout and had to sit down again quickly.
- A sustained period of low alternating current line voltage
- When demand for electricty exceeds the available supply, a brownout occurs.