English Explanatory Dictionary

burndown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The use of a herbicide to destroy existing foliage.
  2. A kind of destructive fault in electrical equipment.
  3. In agile software development, a chart showing how much work remains to be completed.

Word forms

burndown burndowns

Etymology

Deverbal from burn down. In the software-development sense, perhaps suggesting a burning fuse.

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