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power failure en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An unscheduled or accidental break in the supply of electricity.
   • Sadly, some modern rolling stock engineers must hang their heads in shame after the recent power failures on Thameslink, where trains had to be reset by technicians after the supply frequency wandered off the 50hz. 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 43:

Forms

Synonyms

blackout · power cut · outage

Translations (13)

pl awaria zasilania (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · fr panne de courant (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · hu áramkimaradás (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · fr coupure de courant (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · nb strømbrudd (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · hu áramszünet (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · fr panne d'electricité (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · fr coupure d'electricité (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · tr elektrik kesintisi (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · ro cădere de tensiune (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · fi sähkökatko (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · pt queda de energia (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout) · de Stromausfall (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout)