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fail-safe en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfeɪlˌseɪf/
• fāl′sāf

Meanings

1. That does not cause undue damage in the event of failure.
   • The system is failsafe, because everything is backed up automatically.
2. Designed to shut off for safety if an emergency occurs.
   • All equipment is, of course, of "fail-safe" pattern. 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Automated trains in New York”, in Trains Illustrated, page 78:

Coordinates

fail-deadly · failsoft

Relateds

fault-tolerant · guardrail · foolproof

Translations (10)

pl bezusterkowy (that does not cause undue damage) · pl niezawodny (that does not cause undue damage) · fi vikaturvallinen (that does not cause undue damage) · hu biztonságos (that does not cause undue damage) · hu üzembiztos (that does not cause undue damage) · ky ишенимдүү (that does not cause undue damage) · te చెడిపోని (that does not cause undue damage) · te కట్టుదిట్టమైన (that does not cause undue damage) · ky бекем (that does not cause undue damage) · te పాడవని (that does not cause undue damage)

fail-safe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfeɪlˌseɪf/
• fāl′sāf

Meanings

1. A device, mechanism or measure designed to make something fail-safe.

Forms

Translations (6)

fr mode dégradé (device or mechanism) · nl fouttolerant (device or mechanism) · fi turvalaite (device or mechanism) · fi turvamekanismi (device or mechanism) · pl bezpiecznik (device or mechanism) · ja フェイルセーフ (device or mechanism)

fail-safe en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfeɪlˌseɪf/
• fāl′sāf

Meanings

1. To compensate automatically, in the event of a failure.
2. To make a device or mechanism fail-safe, or to add a fail-safe device or mechanism to an existing system.

Forms

Relateds

foolproof