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stop⋅page
[stop-ij] 
ɪdʒ
–noun
| 1. | an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory. |
| 2. | the state of being stopped: During the stoppage of bus service he drove to work. |
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| stop·page (stŏp'ĭj) n. The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped; a halt: called for a work stoppage. |
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Stoppage
Stop"page\, n. The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : stoppage
Spanish:
obstrucción, paro, suspensión, deducción,
German:
die Stockung,
Japanese:
停止
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stoppage
/sto'p*j/ Extreme lossage that renders something (usually something vital) completely unusable. "The recent system stoppage was caused by a fried transformer."
[The Jargon File]
(1995-01-24)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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