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31failure — See adhesion failure brake failure intercoat adhesion failure secondary failure …
32failure — The state of insufficiency or nonperformance. backward heart f. a concept (formerly considered mutually exclusive with forward heart f.) that maintains that the phenomena of congestive heart f. result from passive engorgement of the veins caused… …
33failure — fail•ure [[t]ˈfeɪl yər[/t]] n. 1) an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success 2) nonperformance of something due, required, or expected: a failure to appear[/ex] 3) a subnormal quantity or quality; an insufficiency: the …
34failure — Fail Fail, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See {Fail}, v. i.] 1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; mostly superseded by {failure} or {failing}, except in the phrase without fail. His highness fail of issue. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Death;… …
35Failure — or hazard Any electric power supply equipment or facility failure or other event that, in the judgment of the reporting entity, constitutes a hazard to maintaining the continuity of the bulk electric power supply system such that a load… …
36failure — n. 1 lack of success; failing. 2 an unsuccessful person, thing, or attempt. 3 non performance, non occurrence. 4 breaking down or ceasing to function (heart failure; engine failure). 5 running short of supply etc. 6 bankruptcy, collapse.… …
37failure — noun /ˈfeɪlˌjɚ/ a) State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. b) An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or …
38failure — In rocks, failure means exceeding of the maximum strength of a rock or exceeding the stress or strain requirement of a specific design …
39failure — Synonyms and related words: Grand Guignol, Passion play, Sisyphean labor, Tom show, Waterloo, also ran, antimasque, arrear, arrearage, arrears, atrocity, audience success, bad habit, bafflement, balk, ballet, bankrupt, bankruptcy, baseness,… …
40failure — noun 1》 lack of success. ↘an unsuccessful person or thing. 2》 the omission of expected or required action: their failure to comply with the rules. 3》 the action of ceasing to function or the state of not functioning. ↘a sudden cessation… …
