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10 Language-to-English DictionariesStilllegung
Pronunciation / Transliteration: shtill-loo-gung
"Die Stilllegung der alten Industrieanlage erfordert strenge Sicherheitsmaßnahmen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The process of shutting down and dismantling a facility, plant, or piece of equipment so that it is no longer operational.
"The decommissioning of the aging nuclear power plant is expected to take over a decade." - 2
The formal retirement of software, hardware, or military assets from active service.
"IT engineers are currently managing the decommissioning of the legacy mainframe servers."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'decommission', formed by combining the prefix 'de-' (denoting removal or reversal) with 'commission' (from Latin 'commissio', meaning a delegation of business). The term originally emerged in naval contexts to describe taking a ship out of active service, later expanding during the mid-20th century to industrial, nuclear, and IT sectors to denote the formal process of retiring facilities or systems.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Decommissioning" is said worldwide
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déclassement
Transliteration: day-klahs-mahn
"Le déclassement de la centrale nucléaire commencera l'année prochaine."
Stilllegung
Transliteration: shtill-loo-gung
"Die Stilllegung der alten Industrieanlage erfordert strenge Sicherheitsmaßnahmen."
dismissione
Transliteration: deez-mees-syo-ne
"La dismissione della piattaforma petrolifera richiederà mesi di lavoro."
desmantelamiento
Transliteration: dez-mahn-te-lah-mhyen-to
"El desmantelamiento de la refinería reducirá el impacto ambiental."
desativação
Transliteration: deh-sah-tee-vah-sow
"A desativação da plataforma offshore foi concluída com sucesso."
सेवानिवृत्ति
Transliteration: sevanivritti
"पुराने कारखाने की सेवानिवृत्ति की प्रक्रिया शुरू हो गई है।"
退役
Transliteration: tuì yì
"这座核电站的退役工作预计需要多年时间。"
해체
Transliteration: hae-che
"노후 발전소의 해체 작업이 안전하게 진행되고 있습니다."
廃止措置
Transliteration: haishi sochi
"老朽化したプラントの廃止措置には多額の費用がかかります。"
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