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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Breakdown \Break"down`\, n.
     1. The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage;
        downfall.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2.
        (a) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in
            competitively by a number of persons or pairs in
            succession, as among the colored people of the
            Southern United States, and so called, perhaps,
            because the exercise is continued until most of those
            who take part in it break down.
        (b) Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet,
            usually by one person at a time. [U.S.]
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Don't clear out when the quadrilles are over,
                  for we are going to have a breakdown to wind up
                  with.                             --New Eng.
                                                    Tales.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Breakdown \Break"down`\, n.
     1. The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage;
        downfall.
  
     2.
        (a) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in
            competitively by a number of persons or pairs in
            succession, as among the colored people of the
            Southern United States, and so called, perhaps,
            because the exercise is continued until most of those
            who take part in it break down.
        (b) Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet,
            usually by one person at a time. [U.S.]
  
                  Don't clear out when the quadrilles are over,
                  for we are going to have a breakdown to wind up
                  with.                             --New Eng.
                                                    Tales.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  breakdown
       n 1: the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to
            continue; "the social dislocations resulting from
            government policies"; "his warning came after the
            breakdown of talks in London" [syn: dislocation]
       2: a mental or physical breakdown [syn: crack-up]
       3: a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power
          breakdown" [syn: equipment failure]
       4: an analysis into mutually exclusive categories [syn: partitioning]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  breakdown
     Αγγλικά n.
     η ταξινόμηση, η ανάλυση σε κατηγορία ή έννοια

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  breakdown
     n.
     1 A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
     2 Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
     3 A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
     4 Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
     5 (lb en film television) A detailed description of a forthcoming
  project, including the characters and roles required.
     6 (lb en chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to
  produce simpler compounds or elements.
     7 (lb en physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to
  a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by
  the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
     8 A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming
  simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  breakdown
     n.
     1 A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
     2 Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
     3 A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
     4 Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
     5 (lb en film television) A detailed description of a forthcoming
  project, including the characters and roles required.
     6 (lb en chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to
  produce simpler compounds or elements.
     7 (lb en physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to
  a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by
  the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
     8 A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming
  simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  breakdown
     n.
     1 A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
     2 Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
     3 A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
     4 Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
     5 (lb en film television) A detailed description of a forthcoming
  project, including the characters and roles required.
     6 (lb en chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to
  produce simpler compounds or elements.
     7 (lb en physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to
  a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by
  the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
     8 A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming
  simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  breakdown
     n.
     1 A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
     2 Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
     3 A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
     4 Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
     5 (lb en film television) A detailed description of a forthcoming
  project, including the characters and roles required.
     6 (lb en chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to
  produce simpler compounds or elements.
     7 (lb en physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to
  a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by
  the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
     8 A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming
  simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  breakdown
     Englanti n.
     1 romahdus, luhistua
     2 liikennehäiriö

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  breakdown
     Engelska n.
     sammanbrott

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Break-down /bɹˈeɪkdˈaʊn/
  الانهيار

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Breakdown /bɹˈeɪkdaʊn/
  الانهيار

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  breakdown //ˈbɹeɪkdaʊn// 
  1. разкъсване
  breaking of chemical bonds within a compound
  2. ава́рия, повреда, счупване
  failure, particularly mechanical
  3. кола́пс
  lapse of mental stability
  4. анализ, разчленяване
  listing or categorization in great detail