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Meaning
Noun
●
A
failure
,
particularly
mechanical
in nature.
●
Something that has
experienced
a
mechanical
failure.
●
A physical
collapse
or
lapse
of
mental
stability.
●
Listing,
division
or
categorization
in great detail.
●
In Film & Television:
A
detailed
description
of a
forthcoming
project, including the
characters
and
roles
required.
●
In Chemistry:
Breaking of
chemical bonds
within a
compound
to
produce
simpler
compound
s or elements.
●
In Physics:
The
sudden
transition
of an
electrical
insulator
to a
conductor
when
subjected
to a
sufficiently
strong
voltage
,
caused
by the
partial
or
complete
ionization
of the
insulator
.
●
A
musical
technique
by which the
music
is
stripped down
, becoming
simpler
,
varying
in
heaviness
depending on
the genre.
●
In Sports:
A
loss
of organization (of the
parts
of a system).
●
In American English:
A
noisy
,
rapid
,
shuffling
dance
engaged
in
competitively
by
a number of
persons
or
pairs
in
succession
, common in
traditional
African American
music
from the Southern United States.
●
In American English:
Any
noisy
dance
performed
by
shuffling
the
feet
, usually by one person at a time.
●
In American English:
Any
rapid
bluegrass
dance
tune
, especially
featuring
a five-string banjo.
●
In Music:
The
percussion break
of
songs
chosen
by a DJ for use in
hip-hop
music.
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