load-shedding

2 definitions found

load-shedding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  load-shedding \load-shedding\ n.
     The act or process of disconnecting the electric current on
     certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the
     supply.
     [WordNet 1.5] Loadsman

load-shedding - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  load-shedding
      n 1: cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the
           demand becomes greater than the supply