breakout

Etymology

From the verb phrase break out.

noun

1. An escape from prison.
2. An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
3. (aviation) The point at which visibility returns after passing through clouds.
4. An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).
   But for those of you who never had teenage acne or who had some teenage acne problems and outgrew them, it is a real shock to start having breakouts in the mid twenties to late thirties. 1988, Thomas Goodman, Stephanie Young, Smart Face, page 115
5. A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
6. A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.

adj

1. Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to sudden mainstream success.
   Then in 1991, Jada won her breakout role playing Lena James on NBC's A Different World. 2009, Lisa Iannucci, Will Smith: A Biography, page 44
2. (electronics, attributive) Splitting a signal into several signals.
   breakout box; breakout cable