uninterruptible

Examples

• All

• The project also includes the installation of an effluent flowmeter (required for permit purposes) and an uninterruptible power source to serve the influent pump station and the UV disinfection system.

  Academic text (2002)

• During the storm, the uninterruptible power supply kept the hospital's equipment running smoothly.

• And then this morning I came in and the uninterruptible power supply had failed.

  Adam Savage’s Tested

• The uninterruptible power supplies could also be used to keep industrial facilities operating as well.

  Blog text (29)

• The partnership resulted in a prototype uninterruptible power supply that used five volt batteries.

  Blog text (29)

• Your computer's uninterruptible power supply (UPS), for example, might be better utilized as a power supply for your phone than for your computer in an emergency.

  Blog text (31)

• UPS (uninterruptible power supply) devices are gaining popularity as strains on power supplies are inevitable, especially in warmer months.

  Blog text (21)

• Among the "little things" is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), which provides system backup during power failures and smooths out power-source hiccups.

  Academic text (2007)

• To avoid losing data during a power outage, I always connect my computer to an uninterruptible power supply.

Synonyms

N

nonstop

vsuninterruptible

42 1.3

Continuing without any stops or pauses

focuses on being unable to be stopped after it has started

I

incessant

vsuninterruptible

30 6.3

Happening all the time without stopping

implies inability to be stopped once it is underway

U

uninterrupted

vsuninterruptible

28 4.2

Continuing without stopping or being disturbed

highlights that stopping is impossible once the action has started

U

unceasing

vsuninterruptible

1 6.0

Continuing without stopping

adds the sense that stopping cannot occur after it starts

U

unkillable

vsuninterruptible

• Specialized

7.5

A program or game character people cannot stop by normal methods

emphasizes inability to be stopped after it has begun

U

unintermitted

vsuninterruptible

• Archaic

9.6

Happening without stopping

focuses on inability to be paused once it begins

U

unpunctuated

vsuninterruptible

6.0

Expressed without pauses or breaks

stresses that stopping cannot happen once the action is underway

U

unstopping

vsuninterruptible

5.1

Continuing without stopping

means that interruption is impossible once the process begins

Antonyms

I

interruptible

1 5.3

Can be paused and continued later

How Interruptible

interruptible

1 5.3

uninterruptible

1 6.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology