burndown

noun3

1. •
   In agile software development, a chart showing how much work remains to be completed.

   • Avoid creating separate status reports for management; these reports duplicate information in the sprint burndowns[…] — 2012
2. •
   The use of a herbicide to destroy existing foliage.

   • Controlling weeds prior to direct seeding or transplanting peppers can involve the use of burndown or stale seedbed weed control systems[…] — 2012
3. •
   A kind of destructive fault in electrical equipment.