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outage
[ ou-tij ]
noun
- an interruption or failure in the supply of power, especially electricity.
- the period during which power is lost:
a two-hour outage on the East Coast.
- a stoppage in the functioning of a machine or mechanism due to a failure in the supply of power or electricity.
- the quantity of goods lost or lacking from a shipment. Compare innage ( def 1 ).
- Aeronautics. the amount of fuel used during a flight. Compare innage ( def 2 ).
outage
/ ˈ²¹ÊŠ³Ùɪ»åÏô /
noun
- a quantity of goods missing or lost after storage or shipment
- a period of power failure, machine stoppage, etc
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Power outages have exacerbated the situation, and according to officials restoring power could take days.
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This translated to daily power outages averaging 12 to 16 hours a day.
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More than 63,000 homes lost power in the outage caused by the fire, according to energy supplier Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks.
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Business groups in west London have said it was "no surprise"' there was a power outage at Heathrow Airport last week.
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A power outage occurred at the airport after a transformer within the North Hyde electrical substation caught fire in west London.
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