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Collapses

The act of collapsing.

📖 Definitions of "Collapses"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of collapsing.

    "She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping on the wet floor."

  2. 2

    Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).

verb
  1. 1

    To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.

  2. 2

    To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

    "Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse."

  3. 3

    To fold compactly.

  4. 4

    To hide additional directory (folder) levels below the selected directory (folder) levels. When a folder contains no additional folders, a minus sign (-) appears next to the folder.

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