Meanings
plural power failures
- businessAn unscheduled or accidental break in the supply of electricity.
Sadly, some modern rolling stock engineers must hang their heads in shame after the recent power failures on Thameslink, where trains had to be reset by technicians after the supply frequency wandered off the 50hz.
2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 43
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounequipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish sähkökatko
- sähkökatkopower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
French coupure de courant, panne de courant
- coupure de courantpower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
- panne de courantpower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
- coupure d'electricitépower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
- panne d'electricitépower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
German Stromausfall
- Stromausfallpower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
Hungarian áramkimaradás, áramszünet
- áramkimaradáspower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
- áramszünetpower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
Norwegian Bokmål strømbrudd
- strømbruddpower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
Polish awaria zasilania
- awaria zasilaniapower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
Portuguese queda de energia
- queda de energiapower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
Romanian cădere de tensiune
- cădere de tensiunepower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
Turkish elektrik kesintisi
- elektrik kesintisipower failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout
Cite this entry
power failure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20failure
“power failure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20failure. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “power failure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20failure.
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