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breakdown
English
Etymology
From the verb phrase break down.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?e?kda?n/
Noun
breakdown (countable and uncountable, plural breakdowns)
- A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed
- A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability
- Listing, division or categorization in great detail
- (film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
- (chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
- (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.
- 1992, En Vogue, My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (song)
- And now it's time for a breakdown!
- 1999, CMJ New Music Report (volume 59, number 631, page 28)
- The fired-up foursome takes itself very seriously, singing politically charged lyrics, which, in the tradition of Strife and Damnation AD, are strategically placed in the middle of slamming, moshable breakdowns.
- 1992, En Vogue, My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (song)
- (sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
- (US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in Southern United States African American music.
- (US, dated) Any crude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
- 1854, New England Tales
- Don't clear out when the quadrilles are over, for we are going to have a breakdown to wind up with.
- 1854, New England Tales
- (US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
- "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
- 1893, Mark Twain "The Californian's Tale", in The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906)
- Towards nine the three miners said that as they had brought their instruments they might as well tune up, for the boys and girls would soon be arriving now, and hungry for a good old fashioned breakdown. A fiddle, a banjo, and a clarinet - these were the instruments.
- (music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
Synonyms
- (musical technique): degradation
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- break it down
References
- (The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.) 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 694.
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investigation
English
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old French investigacion, from Latin investigatio.Morphologically investigate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?v?st???e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
investigation (countable and uncountable, plural investigations)
- The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination
- The investigation into the crime has led to various leads as well as plenty of dead ends.
- Despite thorough investigation, the perpetrator of the attacks remains unknown.
Related terms
- investigate
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French investigacion, from Latin investigatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.v?s.ti.?a.sj??/
Noun
investigation f (plural investigations)
- investigation, examination
Further reading
- “investigation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
investigation (plural investigationes)
- investigation
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