Dictionary

dead man's switch en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A switch that ensures a fail-safe condition by automatically triggering an action (for instance, to stop a machine or vehicle) if a specified input from the operator is not made or is altered.
   • P.S. What about using a disc collection with a specific weight as a dead man's switch? Or making up a new format out of rare, esoteric, or even thaumaturgical materials, and using the anomaly to duplicate them? Or... 2020 December 10, HarryBlank, “SCP-5751”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2024:
   • This seat is equipped with a dead man's switch. As the theory goes, "if the driver stops sitting, the machine is quitting."
   • Holonyms: device, machine

Forms

Hypernyms

part · component · switch · kill switch

Relateds

fail-deadly · deadman · Dead Hand

Translations (16)

sv dödmansgrepp (dead man's switch) · de Totmanneinrichtung (dead man's switch) · pt homem-morto (dead man's switch) · eu gizaki hilaren gailu (dead man's switch) · nl dodemansknop (dead man's switch) · ko 데드맨 장치 (dead man's switch) · fr homme-mort (dead man's switch) · es interruptor presencial (dead man's switch) · pl czuwak (dead man's switch) · ja デッドマン装置 (dead man's switch) · it uomo morto (dead man's switch) · cmn 失能开关 (dead man's switch) · es dispositivo de hombre muerto (dead man's switch) · de Totmannschalter (dead man's switch) · fi kuolleen miehen kytkin (dead man's switch) · da dødemandsknap (dead man's switch)

wikidata: Q1153563