Dictionary entries for 'breakdown'

Synonyms

break·down (brāḱdouń)

noun

1. The act or process of failing to function or continue.
2. The condition resulting from this: a breakdown in communication.
Electricity The abrupt failure of an insulator or insulating medium to restrict the flow of current.
A typically sudden collapse in physical or mental health.
An analysis, an outline, or a summary consisting of itemized data or essentials.
Disintegration or decomposition into parts or elements.
A noisy, energetic American country dance.