brown out

brown out
1. 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 brown out and had to sit down again quickly.

2. verb
To experience a partial loss of vision having the characteristics of a brownout, to suffer a brownout.

The pilot pulled up hard into a tight loop and browned out, losing sight of the target.

Syn: greyout, grey-out, grey out

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