ALL meanings of breakdown
break·down
B b - countable noun breakdown The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending. 3
- countable noun breakdown If you have a breakdown, you become very depressed, so that you are unable to cope with your life. 3
- countable noun breakdown If a car or a piece of machinery has a breakdown, it stops working. 3
- countable noun breakdown A breakdown of something is a list of its separate parts. 3
- noun breakdown a failure of the engine or other working parts of a vehicle or machine 3
- noun breakdown the failure or collapse of something 3
- noun breakdown a mental illness in which the patient ceases to function properly 3
- noun breakdown an analysis or classification of something into its component parts 3
- noun breakdown the sudden electrical discharge through an insulator or between two electrodes in a vacuum or gas discharge tube 3
- noun breakdown the sudden transition, dependent on the bias magnitude, from a high to a low dynamic resistance in a semiconductor device 3
- noun breakdown a Lively American dance 3
- noun breakdown an act, instance, or result of breaking down 3
- noun breakdown a failure to work or function properly 3
- noun breakdown a failure of health; physical, mental, or emotional collapse 3
- noun breakdown decomposition 3
- noun breakdown a separation into parts; analysis 3
- noun breakdown a lively, shuffling American country dance 3
- noun breakdown Breakdown is the sudden transition from a high to a low dynamic resistance in a semiconductor device. 3
- noun breakdown a breaking down, wearing out, or sudden loss of ability to function efficiently, as of a machine. 1
- noun breakdown a loss of mental or physical health; collapse. Compare nervous breakdown. 1
- noun breakdown an analysis or classification of something; division into parts, categories, processes, etc. 1
- noun breakdown Chemistry. decomposition. analysis (def 6). 1
- noun breakdown Electricity. an electric discharge passing through faulty insulation or other material used to separate circuits or passing between electrodes in a vacuum or gas-filled tube. 1
- noun breakdown a noisy, lively folk dance. 1
- noun breakdown car, machine: failure 1
- noun breakdown chemical decomposition 1
- noun breakdown mental collapse 1
- noun breakdown analysis into parts 1
- noun breakdown disrupted communication 1
- noun breakdown finance: itemization 1
- noun breakdown A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed. 0
- noun breakdown A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability. 0
- noun breakdown Listing, division or categorization in great detail. 0
- noun breakdown (chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements. 0
- noun breakdown A musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness depending on the genre. 0
- noun breakdown (sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system). 0
- noun breakdown (US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in Southern United States African American music. 0
- noun breakdown (US, dated) Any crude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time. 0
- noun breakdown (US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo. 0
- noun breakdown (music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music. 0