Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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breakdown | Yes | No | No | No |
perturbation | Yes | No | No | No |
breakdown (noun) | perturbation (noun) |
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the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue | the act of causing disorder |
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories | a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset |
a cessation of normal operation | activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption |
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly |
(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance | an unhappy and worried mental state |
a mental or physical breakdown |