mechanical failure

collocation in English

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mechanical
adjective
uk
/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/us
/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/
operated by a machine, or connected with machines or ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofmechanicalandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, another factor to consider when interpreting themechanicalfailureof meteorites is the loading rate.
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The first two weeks of site experimentation were hampered bymechanicalfailure.
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Often a repeated injection produced a deficit, suggesting that amechanicalfailuremay have occurred the first time.
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Amechanicalfailurewould be a disaster.
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It will bear out human frailties rather thanmechanicalfailure.
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Who is to prove that there is definitely amechanicalfailureor illness?
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There will always be the possibility of human error andmechanicalfailure.
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A bird strike, amechanicalfailureor even sheer bravado can make each flight unique.
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There is the possibility, among many others, of power failure,mechanicalfailure, instrument failure and fire.
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On average, the locomotives in service today are subject to only onemechanicalfailurea year.
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I have dealt again with death and serious injury incidental uponmechanicalfailure.
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Certainly,mechanicalfailurewas less demoralizing.
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Occasionally amechanicalfailurewould occur.
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The cause of themechanicalfailureis undetermined.
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The aircraft crashed due to amechanicalfailure.
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In such circumstances, there wasmechanicalfailureof the aircraft.
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Mechanicalfailurewhile en-route also hampered the voyage.
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Most incidents are confined tomechanicalfailureof railway systems.
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Alonso was eliminated during qualifying because ofmechanicalfailure.
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There was no evidence ofmechanicalfailureon the train.
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Investigators concluded that the incident was caused bymechanicalfailure.
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They blithely said that the new trains would be more prone tomechanicalfailurethan the old trains.
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We were in a major accident when a powerful car driven by an inexperienced driver suffered amechanicalfailure.
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But it is worth noting that in recent years very few accidents have been caused bymechanicalfailure.
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We are all human and subject to human error, and all mechanisms are subject tomechanicalfailure.
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