break

Technical/Jargon definitions

• Verb
  • Electricity to render (a circuit) incomplete; stop the flow of (a current).
  • Phonetics to undergo breaking.
• Noun
  • CB Radio access to a radio channel.
  • Electricity an opening or discontinuity in a circuit.
  • Printing a wordbreak.
  • Prosody a pause or caesura.
  • Stock Exchange a sudden drop in prices.
  • Wool a distinct weakness in one part of the wool staple caused by a temporary interference with the growth of the staple.