EQUIPMENT FAILURE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A cessation of normal operation

Example:

there was a power breakdown

Synonyms:

breakdown; equipment failure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("equipment failure" is a kind of...):

failure (an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equipment failure"):

brake failure (brakes fail to stop a vehicle)

engine failure (engine does not run)

dud; misfire (an explosion that fails to occur)

outage (a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers))

power failure; power outage (equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails)

fault ((electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.))