Definitions of meltdown [ˈmɛltˌdaʊn]

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Definition of 'meltdown'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) meltdown
the melting of a significant portion of a nuclear-reactor core due to inadequate cooling of the fuel elements.

2. meltdown
any quickly developing breakdown, mishap, or accident.

Etymology: (1960–65)

Definition of 'meltdown'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) meltdown, nuclear meltdown
severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping

2. (noun) meltdown
a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown
"there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"

Definition of 'meltdown'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) meltdown
complete failure
The housing market is set to go into meltdown.

2. meltdown
when nuclear fuel leaks out of its container into the environment
a meltdown at the nuclear plant

Translation of 'meltdown'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the melting of the radioactive material in a nuclear reactor as a result of the failure of the cooling system.
Afrikaans: versmelting	Arabic: صَهْر، إنْصِهار	Bulgarian: разтапяне
Brazilian: derretimento nuclear	Czech: roztavení přehřátého jádr	German: die Schmelze
Danish: nedsmeltning	Greek: σχάση	Spanish: fusión
Estonian: radioaktiivse materjali s	Farsi: فروگداخت	Finnish: sulaminen
French: fusion	Hebrew: הַתָכָה	Hindi: परमाणु दुर्घटना
Croatian: taljenje, topljenje	Hungarian: zónaolvadás (reaktorban)	Indonesian: kebocoran reaktor nuklir
Italian: (fusione accidentale del	Japanese: （原子炉の）炉心溶融	Korean: 용융
Lithuanian: radioaktyviųjų medžiagų n	Latvian: (avārijas) kušanas proces	Malay: kebocoran reaktor nuklear
Dutch: meltdown	Norwegian: nedsmelting av en atomrea	Polish: topnienie
Persian: ،مخلوط شدن فروگداخت	Pashto: اوبه كيدل،ذوب كيدل	Russian: расплавление
Slovak: tavenie, roztavená hmota	Slovenian: talitev reaktorske sredic	Serbian: otopljenje
Swedish: härdsmälta	Thai: การหลอมละลาย	Turkish: tümergime
Taiwanese: (核子反應爐內)核反應堆核心熔毀	Ukrainian: розплавляння активної зон	Urdu: نیوکلیائی ری ایکٹر کے بال
Vietnamese: hiện tượng tan chảy lõi p	Chinese: （核反应堆核心的）熔毁
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