📖 Definitions of "Breakthrough"
noun
- 1
An advance through and past enemy lines.
- 2
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
"Albert Einstein is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern physics."
- 3
The penetration of the opposition defence
- 4
The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
adjective
- 1
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
"a breakthrough technological advance"
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