communication loss
Contact suddenly severed
Communication loss is the breakdown or interruption of the ability to exchange information.
In technical contexts, it refers to signal failure between systems: We experienced communication loss with the satellite during reentry.
In relationships, it describes the erosion of meaningful exchange: Years of resentment led to complete communication loss between them.
The phrase often appears in aviation and space contexts where contact with a craft is severed.
- disconnectionState of being severed
- dropped callUnintended mobile disconnection
- staticWithout motion or change
- white noiseConstant random sound
- silenceTotal lack of sound
radio silence · dropped · signal · interference · breakdown · garbled · fade · blackout · going dark · miscommunication · dead · dead zone · zone · out of range · cutoff · scrambled · void · isolation
communication losssignal strength
Transmission power measurement
strong signal · clear signal · high fidelity · signal boost · full bars
communication lossmessage received
Communication successfully understood
data integrity · acknowledged · copy that · loud and clear · throughput
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