Synonym: roll down. Similar words: nonchalance, carte blanche, nonchalant, balance, balanced, on balance, balance of, melancholy. Meaning: ['ævəlɑːnʃ] 
n. 1. a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain 2. a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things. v. gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow.
n. 1. a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain 2. a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things. v. gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow. 
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151) The avalanche diode with high sensitivity is the best available detector for SLR until now and it has been used in the most SLR stations in the world.
152) People in Tirol injured by avalanche during 1994–2005 and admitted to the Innsbruck Medical University Hospital were included.
153) Furthermore, the GJ-4 confocal probe uses an avalanche diode with high responsivity. Therefore, it can get better measuring signals from low-reflective surfaces.
154) In this paper, we designed the new IGBT chopper circuit of xenon lamps, and also designed the new avalanche transistor series electrooptic Q-switch circuit.
155) The solid avalanche transistor which is triggered to the state of avalanche or the moment of second break down can output high pulse peak current with little jitter and short rise time.
156) A overview of the basic structure, operating principle and properties for a new single-photon photo-detector, called vacuum avalanche photodiode (VAPD), is presented too.
More similar words: nonchalance, carte blanche, nonchalant, balance, balanced, on balance, balance of, melancholy, hang in the balance, naval, clincher, quenched, crunched, luncheon, ranch, truncheon, trial and error, branch, anchor, entrenched, franchise, glance, stanchion, parlance, lie at anchor, vigilance, petulance, ambulance, freelance, judicial branch.