operation; functioning; running
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
countermeasure; counter-measure
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
traces of a moving light; trail (e.g. of a meteor)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
heating; application of heat
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
entropy; entropy (information theory)
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
maxwell (unit of magnetic flux)
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
transmittance; permeability