Meaning Of The Word Breakdown

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What's The Definition Of Breakdown?

breakdown
If you have a breakdown, you become very depressed, so that you are unable to cope with your life.
The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
countable noun: A breakdown of something is a list of its separate parts.
countable noun: If a car or a piece of machinery has a breakdown, it stops working.

breakdown in American English
an act, instance, or result of breaking down
noun: a breaking down, wearing out, or sudden loss of ability to function efficiently, as of a machine

breakdown in British English
noun: a failure of the engine or other working parts of a vehicle or machine

breakdown in Electrical Engineering
noun: Breakdown is the sudden transition from a high to a low dynamic resistance in a semiconductor device.

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