Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation;
2.
a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers);
- Example: "there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m."
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
outage
n 1: the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage
or transportation
2: a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers); "there
will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m."
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "outage":
arrearage, break, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit,
discontinuity, gap, hiatus, interval, lack, lacuna, missing link,
need, omission, shortage, ullage, want, wantage