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power failures

power failures is the plural of power failure.

Meaning of power failure

Noun

power failure (plural power failures)

  1. An 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

Questions about power failures

What is power failures the plural of?
Power failures is the plural of power failure.

Words near power failures in the dictionary

  1. power excursion
  2. power excursions
  3. power factor
  4. power factors
  5. power failure
  6. power failures
  7. power fantasies
  8. power fantasy
  9. power feminism
  10. Power Five
  11. power forward

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