| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Electric breakdown | Electrical Engineering | A disruptive discharge passing through the solid insulating material of the insulator. This produces a permanent loss of dielectric strength. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Electric breakdown | Physics | A process, caused by an electric field, that changes abruptly all or part of an insulating medium to a conducting medium. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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