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power failure

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Noun1.power failure - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage"
equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"
blackout - the failure of electric power for a general region
flame-out - the failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion
Translations
power failure nguasto alla linea elettrica


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Globo television said National Electric System officials blamed the blackout on a domino effect in the country's power grid from a power failure at the Itaipu hydroelectric plant that Brazil shares with Paraguay.
Many people think UPS are the integrated part of the computer system but in fact these devices offer short-term power supply in case of power failure to rescue your data.
A power failure at the Morpeth telephone exchange just before noon affected almost 30,000 lines and resulted in people being unable to ring 999 from their land lines.
 
 
 
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