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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | A failure which is total or nearly so, such as breakdown of the power supply, making all circuits inoperative. Any type of failure which renders the useful performance of the computer to zero. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A failure, not necessarily sudden, rendering a device substantially inoperative. Source: European Union. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | Failure which is both sudden and complete. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CATASTROPHIC FAILURE |
| Specialty definitions using "CATASTROPHIC FAILURE": fail safe ♦ network meltdown. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Further investment in transmission, and particularly distribution infrastructure are necessary to improve system flexibility while reducing the likelihood of catastrophic failure. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
catastrophic failure | 6 |
2147418113 catastrophic failure | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CATASTROPHIC FAILURE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pludselig totalfejl, katastrofisk svigt, katastrofefejl, katastrofe (catastrophe), katastrofal fejl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | catastrofale storing (catastrophic outage), uitval (broke, discard, failure, false drop, hard error, hardware error, noise unit, offcut, reject, scrap, waste, waster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | katastrofivika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | panne catastrophique, défaut catastrophique, défaillance catalectique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vollausfall (catastrophic outage), Totalausfall (blackout, catastrophic outage), plötzlich auftretender Vollausfall, Ausfall (blackout, breakdown, cancellation, dropping out, failure, loss, lunge, non-departure, omission, pass, retirement, Sally, sortie, stoppage, thrust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταστροφική βλάβη, καταστροφική αστοχία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rottura catastrofica, guasto catastrofico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atastrophiccay ailurefay falha catastrofica, falha catastrófica, avaria catastrofica. (various references) fallo catastrófico. (various references) plötsligt totalfel, katastrofalt fel, haveri (average, breakdown, damage, shipwreck, wreck, wreckage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-e-f-h-i-i-l-o-p-r-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-5 letters: aristocratical. | |
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