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Meanings of malfunction in English

Portuguese
enguiçar

Fail to function or function improperly.

      enguiçar

      Failure of a parachuting device.

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            Examples for "parachute malfunction"
            Examples for "parachute malfunction"
            1
            He said he did not want to comment on the suggestion there was a parachute malfunction, but that this would be investigated.
            Radio NZ
            2
            The last fatal skydiving accident there occurred in 2011, when another jumper's parachute malfunctioned, according to sheriff's records.
            Reuters
            3
            In 2000, an agency smokejumper leaped from a plane to his death in Alaska after his parachute malfunctioned, Frederick said.
            Reuters
            Usage of malfunction in English
            1
            Patients were followed for 6 months; therapy duration and malfunction were recorded.
            Pubmed
            2
            Centrifuge parts that worked for a year but then began to malfunction.
            The increment: a novel
            3
            Sixty-three percent suffered a shunt malfunction within 5 years of ASD implantation.
            Pubmed
            4
            Their malfunction has been linked to a number of diseases and disorders.
            Wired
            5
            Since Mission Control could hear their conversations, Scott fabricated a seatbelt malfunction.
            Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
            6
            There was no hemolysis, pump thrombosis or pump malfunction through 1 year.
            Pubmed
            7
            It made an alarming noise of malfunction and the LED remained red.
            Internecine
            8
            Meier added that regular drones could also be dangerous if they malfunction.
            Reuters
            9
            This isn't the first time the bridge has suffered an embarrassing malfunction.
            News.com.au
            10
            WE'VE ALL had days of wardrobe malfunction, which usually go blessedly unrecorded.
            The Irish Times
            11
            Unfortunately, in vivo BUA can not be adjusted when real malfunction occurs.
            Pubmed
            12
            No unusual equipment warning indications had been observed prior to the malfunction.
            Pubmed
            13
            A system malfunction in French Polynesia has triggered a false tsunami alert.
            Radio NZ
            14
            But as luck would have it, the commode suffered a low-airflow malfunction.
            Riding rockets
            15
            Fifty percent of the shunt complications were specifically related to ASD malfunction.
            Pubmed
            16
            If you had yanked the trunk open-barringa malfunction-you'dhave been incinerated.
            The bricklayer
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            Translations for malfunction
            Portuguese
            enguiçar
            Malfunction through the time
            Malfunction across language varieties
            Australia
            Common
            Ireland
            Less common
            United States of America
            Less common
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