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blackout

ˈblæˌkaʊt
WordNet
  1. (n) blackout
    partial or total loss of memory "he has a total blackout for events of the evening"
  2. (n) blackout
    a momentary loss of consciousness
  3. (n) blackout
    the failure of electric power for a general region
  4. (n) blackout
    darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
  5. (n) blackout
    a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
Usage in the news

Mission Blackout: Electro dance party and Oktoberfest. coloradodaily.com

Blackout looms over Chargers-Ravens game. signonsandiego.com

Blackout France provided a variety of equipment including rigging, drapes, and motors for the glittering Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony and after-show party. livedesignonline.com

About half of college students who drink say they have blackouts. netnebraska.org

Blackouts Predict Which Binge-Drinking Students Will End Up In ERs . kuer.org

Priceville Bulldogs are introduced to fans by head coach Darrell Haynes at "Bulldog Blackout" on Saturday night. hartselleenquirer.com

Oakland Raiders get TV blackout extension . mercurynews.com

As blackouts linger, Northeasterners try to adjust. timesfreepress.com

The facial hair blackout on local TV news. jsonline.com

Frequency blackout didn't affect alarm companies, CAA says. securitysystemsnews.com

Candlestick blackout seen by PG&E chief firsthand . blog.sfgate.com

In 2012, blackouts, inflation, and credit ratings downgrades plagued India, but next year should bring growth. globalpost.com

Craig Timberg discusses the Syrian Internet blackout. ashingtonpost.com

Woman admitted to 'blackout burglary' of neighbors home. sun-sentinel.com

Blackout At Fourth Annual Anthea & Grant's Summer Ball 2006. livedesignonline.com

Usage in scientific papers

Systemic breakdowns (such as large-scale blackouts, bankruptcy cascades, etc.) are often a result of such domino or avalanche effects , and their probability of occurrence as well as their resulting damage are usually underestimated.
Fundamental and Real-World Challenges in Economics

For example, a damaged power grid undergoing a large blackout may still have other stable states in which no blackout would occur, but the perturbed system does not converge to those states.
Controlling Complex Networks with Compensatory Perturbations

These findings have analogues in power grids, where perturbations caused by equipment malfunction or operational errors can lead to large blackouts, but the appropriate shedding of power can substantially reduce subsequent failures [13, 14].
Controlling Complex Networks with Compensatory Perturbations

The approach allows the calculation of conventional reliability indices and the estimation of blackout frequencies.
Reliability Analysis of Electric Power Systems Using an Object-oriented Hybrid Modeling Approach

Furthermore, recent large-area blackouts in North America and Europe demonstrated the potential consequences of inadequate operator response times to contingencies (e.g. ).
Reliability Analysis of Electric Power Systems Using an Object-oriented Hybrid Modeling Approach

Usage in literature

Don't let anybody talk about this; put a blackout on the whole story. "Time Crime" by H. Beam Piper

That silly blackout he'd had, for a second, there; he must have dropped it. "Hunter Patrol" by Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuire

Keegark was dark, on the vision-screen; evidently King Orgzild had invented the blackout, too. "Ullr Uprising" by Henry Beam Piper

Keegark was dark, on the vision-screen; evidently King Orgzild had invented the blackout, too. "Uller Uprising" by Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr

After that, he maintained a communication blackout. "The Cosmic Computer" by Henry Beam Piper

The blackout at peak of each warp-shift persisted. "The Colors of Space" by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Well, he certainly wasn't much of a perceptive, or he would have been able to handle the Blackout himself. "Vigorish" by Gordon Randall Garrett

Maybe whoever had hit him had disturbed them, and he'd had a sudden blackout. "Out Like a Light" by Gordon Randall Garrett

But total anaesthesia brought on a mental blackout from which the victim recovered only with effort. "The Penal Cluster" by Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)

He was disgusted to see that the lights were hooded for blackout driving. "A Yankee Flier Over Berlin" by Al Avery

Usage in poetry
We don’t need a torch in the blackout
For your boko is all of a glow
And Father, I know you’re my Daddy
For dear Mother told me it’s so.