outage

• Sustantivo que designa una interrupción temporal del funcionamiento de un servicio, como el suministro eléctrico o un sistema informático, o la cantidad de algo que se pierde durante el almacenamiento o el transporte.

A noun referring to a temporary suspension of operation, such as of computers or power supply, or the amount of something lost during storage or transportation.

1. Loss during storage or transportC1formal

   The amount of a substance, such as whiskey or oil, that is lost while being stored or transported.

   Merma por almacenamiento o transporte

   • The distillery reported a significant outage of whiskey due to evaporation.
   • Oil companies account for a small percentage of outage during pipeline transport.
   • The outage of fuel during shipping was higher than expected.

   Sinónimoslossshrinkageullagewastage

2. Temporary suspension of operationB2formalIT

   A period when a service, such as electricity or computer systems, is not available.

   Interrupción del servicio

   • The power outage lasted for several hours.
   • The website experienced a brief outage due to server maintenance.
   • Users reported an outage of the email service this morning.

   Sinónimosblackoutbreakdowncessationdisruptiondowntimefailureinterruptionstoppagesuspension