blackout, brownout, dimout
(noun) darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
brownout (plural brownouts)
A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination
Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
(Philippines) A blackout, regardless of time of day.
• A rolling brownout describes a deliberate reduction in voltage (for sense 1) or of firefighting (for sense 3) in multiple service areas at staggered times.
• grayout, greyout
• blackout
Source: Wiktionary
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
