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