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out·age
(ou′tĭj)n.
1. A quantity or portion of something lacking after delivery or storage.
2. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electric power.
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outage
(ˈaʊtɪdʒ)n
1. (Commerce) a quantity of goods missing or lost after storage or shipment
2. a period of power failure, machine stoppage, etc
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out•age
(ˈaʊ tɪdʒ)n.
1.
a. an interruption or failure in the supply of power, esp. electricity.
b. the period during which power is lost.
2. a stoppage in the functioning of a machine due to a power failure.
3. the quantity of goods missing from a shipment.
[1900–05]
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| Noun | 1. | outage - the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity |
| 2. | outage - a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers); "there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m." computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" |
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outage
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Translations
strømafbrydelse
parravums energijas padeve
výpadok elektrického prúdu
kesilme
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
outage
[ˈaʊtɪdʒ] n (mainly US) (= power failure) → panne f de courant, coupure f de courantout and about out and around (US) advto be out and about → être de sortie
to get out and about → sortir
to be out and about again (after illness) → être de nouveau sur piedout-and-out [ˌaʊtəndˈaʊt] adj [lie] → pur(e) et simple; [liar, cheat] → fini(e); [racist, fascist] → pur(e) et dur(e); [villain] → pur(e) et dur(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
outage
[ˈaʊtɪdʒ] n (esp) (Am) (power failure) → black-out m invCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
outage
(ˈautidʒ) noun blackout; a period of a general power failure.
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