collapses

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collapses noun

The act of collapsing.“She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping on the wet floor.”
Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).

collapses verb

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