English-Finnish translations for breakthrough

• läpimurto
  Tämä on historiallinen läpimurto. This is an historic breakthrough.
  Tämä on hyvin tärkeä läpimurto. This is a very important breakthrough.
  Läpimurto tapahtui tämän vuoden heinäkuussa. We made a major breakthrough this July.
• läpimurto-

Definition of breakthrough

• Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle
• An advance through and past enemy lines
• The penetration of the opposition defence
• The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough

Examples

• a breakthrough technological advance
• [[w:Albert Einstein
• Albert Einstein]] is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in [[w:modern physics
• modern physics]]

Related words

• break
• breakwater
• breakfast
• daybreak
• breakdown
• jailbreak
• jawbreaker
• ice-breaker
• windbreak