English-Polish translations for breakthrough

• przełom
  Panie Przewodniczący, to był naprawdę przełom. Now, that was a major breakthrough, Mr President.
  Czy żądania te są wysokie w przypadku tego przełomu technologicznego? Is it a lot to ask for this technological breakthrough?
  Mam nadzieję, że uda nam się osiągnąć przełom na posiedzeniu Rady. I hope that we can still reach a breakthrough in the Council.

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