total loss
A system in which the working fluid is used once and then dumped, burned up, etcA system in which the working fluid is used once and then dumped, burned up, etc. rather than being recirculated. By extension, an electrical system that runs on battery power without the means to recharge during operation.
» It wasn't a total loss.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)A system in which the working fluid is used once and then dumped, burned up, etc. rather than being recirculated. By extension, an electrical system that runs on battery power without the means to recharge during operation.
Some rocket engines have a total loss hydraulic system for engine gimbal, using fuel bled from the main turbopumps as the working fluid.
Examples
6 sentencesIt wasn't a total loss.
Our car was a total loss after the accident.
ruПосле этой аварии наша машина никуда больше не годилась. — sharptoothed
His car was a total loss from the accident.
It was a total loss.
Amnesia is a partial or total loss of memory.
ruАмнезия - это частичная или полная потеря памяти. — marafon
deUnter Amnesie versteht man einen teilweisen oder vollständigen Verlust des Gedächtnisses. — Pfirsichbaeumchen