Meaning of breakdown | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature
2. The sudden (and usually damaging) 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; an instance of this; also, the minimum voltage at which this occurs
3. Something, such as a vehicle, that has experienced a mechanical failure
4. Separation of a thing into components; decomposition, fragmentation; an instance of this. Detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this
5. Detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this

Translations

CEFR level