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 Translation for 'breakdown' from English to French
NOUN   a breakdown | breakdowns
SYNO breakdown | crack-up | dislocation | ...
autotech.
panne {f}
breakdown
4
défaillance {f} [panne]breakdown
détail {m} [analyse précise]breakdown
trains
dérangement {m}
breakdown
ventilation {f} [résultat] [de dépenses, déficit, résultats]breakdown [e.g. of expenses]
2 Words
sociol.stat.
répartition {f} par âge
age breakdown [distribution]
occup.trains
équipe {f} de secours
breakdown gang
tech.
service {m} de dépannage
breakdown service
écol.météo.
dégradation {f} du climat
climate breakdown
écon.
effondrement {m} économique
economic breakdown
sociol.
fracture {f} sociale
social breakdown
3 Words
autotech.
avoir une panne
to have a breakdown
sociol.stat.
répartition {f} par âge
breakdown by age
compt.
détail {m} des dépenses
breakdown of expenses
auto
dépanneuse {f}
breakdown van / lorry [Br.]
4 Words
en cas de panne {adv}in case of breakdown
autoPoSauv.
appeler un dépanneur
to call the breakdown service
Fiction (Literature and Film)
filmF
Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Pedro Almodóvar (1988)]
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Usage Examples English
  • L-estimators are often statistically resistant, having a high breakdown point.
  • Chemical stability is important for a placer mineral to resist chemical breakdown such as oxidation, Minerals lacking chemical stability will form less desirable alteration when subject to chemical breakdown.
  • A glycogen storage disease (GSD, also glycogenosis and dextrinosis) is a metabolic disorder caused by an enzyme deficiency affecting glycogen synthesis, glycogen breakdown, or glucose breakdown, typically in muscles and/or liver cells.
  • For diodes that are lightly doped the breakdown is dominated by the avalanche effect rather than the Zener effect. Consequently, the breakdown voltage is higher (over 5.6 V) for these devices.
  • The voltage at which the breakdown occurs is called the breakdown voltage.

  • Described in terms of breakdown points, the median has a breakdown point of 50%, meaning that half the points must be outliers before the median can be moved outside the range of the non-outliers, while the mean has a breakdown point of 0, as a single large observation can throw it off.
  • A breakdown is a popular musical style particularly in bluegrass, notable examples being Earl Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and Bill Monroe's "Bluegrass Breakdown".
  • Cosmic rays have been implicated in the triggering of electrical breakdown in lightning.
  • In the mouse, germ cell nest  breakdown occurs just after birth, and in humans, this breakdown occurs during the second trimester of gestation.
  • JLA also offers breakdown-only repairs, as well as contract-based breakdown insurance and service plans.

  • Reverse-biased diodes in breakdown can also be used as shot noise sources.
  • Equipment breakdown insurance, also known as “boiler and machinery,” covers physical and financial damage that results from an accidental equipment breakdown to a range of equipment, machinery and technology.
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