GAU
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of English maximum credible accident.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
GAU m
- Initialism of größter anzunehmender Unfall (“worst possible or foreseeable accident”): the worst possible accident considered for controlling, engineering, or planning when designing something such as a nuclear or industrial plant
- (figurative) worst case scenario
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Further reading[edit]
- Auslegungsstörfall on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de