Brownout vs Surge - What's the difference?
brownout | surge |
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
A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
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The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation
(electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
(nautical) The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
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* Dryden
(obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
* Ld. Berners
The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
(lb) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
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, title= To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
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, title= To slack off a line.
As nouns the difference between brownout and surge
is that brownout is a period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination while surge is a sudden transient rush, flood or increase.As a verb surge is
(lb) to rush, flood, or increase suddenly.brownout
English
(wikipedia brownout)Alternative forms
* brown out, brown-outNoun
(en noun)- When demand for electricity exceeds the available supply, a brownout occurs.
- On rising suddenly from her chair she experienced a brownout and had to sit down again quickly.
- Fire departments across the country have been forced to rely on rolling brownouts because of the recession.
Usage notes
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.Synonyms
* grayout, greyoutCoordinate terms
* blackoutSee also
* whiteoutsurge
English
Noun
(en noun)citation
- He felt a surge of excitement.
- A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district.
- He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
- He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, / Pursues the foaming surges to the shore.
- divers surges and springs of water
Synonyms
* inrushDerived terms
* countersurge * surgelessVerb
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Wales 2-1 Montenegro, passage=Wales began the second half as they ended the first, closing down Montenegro quickly and the pressure told as Bale surged into the box and pulled the ball back for skipper Ramsey, arriving on cue, to double their lead.}}