1. A momentary loss of consciousness.
2. Darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft); SYN. brownout, dimout; black-out

1. A cessation of normal operation; SYN. equipment failure.
2. A mental or physical breakdown; SYN. crack-up.
3. An analysis into mutually exclusive categories; SYN. partitioning.
4. A breakdown is a situation in which something mechanical has broken down.
5. A situation in which an arrangement, agreement, negotiation, plan, or marriage has broken down is a breakdown. + prikaži više

ETYM From Fail.
1. An act that fails.
2. An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose.
3. An unexpected omission.
4. Lack of success.

ETYM as. los loss, losing, from leósan to lose. Related to Lose.
(Irregular plural: losses).
1. Decline in activity.
2. Something that is lost.
3. The act of losing.
4. The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue.
5. The disadvantage that results from losing something; or; SYN. deprivation.
6. The experience of losing a loved one.
In business, the opposite of profit, when revenues are less than costs. + prikaži više

The amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation.
Amount of commodity lost in transport and storage

ETYM French, from sortir to go out, to issue, probably from Latin sortus, for surrectus, p. p. of surgere to raise up, to rise up. Related to Source.
Sally by beleaguered troops.
1. A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position; SYN. sally.
2. An operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation). + prikaži više