Load-shedding

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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