Synonyms of the word

breakdown

• n. A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed.
• n. A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
• n. Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
• n. (chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
• n. A musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness…
• n. (sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
• n. (US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in…
• n. (US, dated) Any crude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
• n. (US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
• n. (music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.

analysis

• n. (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory etc.).
• n. (countable) The result of such a process.
• n. (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives…
• n. (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
• n. (countable, chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result…
• n. (uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations,…
• n. (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.

collapse

• v. (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
• v. (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
• v. (intransitive) To fold compactly.
• v. (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession.
• v. (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
• v. (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
• n. The act of collapsing.
• n. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).

dislocation

• n. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
• n. (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally…
• n. The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
• n. (materials) A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice,…
• n. (grammar) A sentence structure in which a constituent that could otherwise be either an argument or an…

disruption

• n. An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
• n. A continuing act of disorder.

failure

• n. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
• n. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
• n. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function, breakdown.

partitioning

• v. present participle of partition.
• n. The act or result of dividing into partitions; an arrangement of partitions.

perturbation

• n. (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed.
• n. (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological…
• n. (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies.