Definition of "brownouts" [brownouts]

• Plural form of brownout. (noun)

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• "Earlier this decade Manila regularly suffered the infamous 12 hour a day "brownouts" - what we would call blackouts."
• "Given the city's economic instability and higher priorities - underscored last week by the human cost of fire department "brownouts" - this is no time for Mayor Jerry Sanders to be ramrodding lopsided legacy projects that enrich billionaires."
• "Mr Ritter, who is compiling a report on the future on the web to be published later this year, has warned online surfers to expect "brownouts" - debilitating combinations of screen freezes and slow connections - in the near future."