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breakdown [′brāk‚dau̇n] (electricity) A large, usually abrupt rise in electric current in the presence of a small increase in voltage; can occur in a confined gas between two electrodes, a gas tube, the atmosphere (as lightning), an electrical insulator, and a reverse-biased semiconductor diode. Also known as electrical breakdown. (metallurgy) The initial process of rolling and drawing, or a series of such processes, which reduce a casting or extruded shape before its final reduction to desired size. (petroleum engineering) The amount of pressure required at the wellhead to rupture a formation during fracture treatment. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| What else than Feudalism could have followed upon the breakdown of that great centralized governmental machine known as the Roman Empire? Instead of it even-- as a woman reads another--she could see what I myself saw: his derision, his amusement, his contempt for the breakdown of my resignation at being left alone and for the fine machinery I had set in motion to attract his attention to my slighted charms. The memory of all that had happened after her illness: her reconciliation with her husband, its breakdown, the news of Vronsky's wound, his visit, the preparations for divorce, the departure from her husband's house, the parting from her son--all that seemed to her like a delirious dream, from which she had waked up alone with Vronsky abroad. |
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