fail-safe

See also: failsafe

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: fāl′sāf, IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪlˌseɪf/

Adjective

fail-safe

1. That does not cause undue damage in the event of failure.

   The system is failsafe, because everything is backed up automatically.

2. Designed for to cause a shut off for safety if an emergency occurs.

Derived terms

• fail-deadly

Translations

that does not cause undue damage

• Danish: vandtæt (da)
• Finnish: vikaturvallinen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kyrgyz: ишенимдүү (ky) (işenimdüü), бекем (ky) (bekem), айрым элементтери иштен чыкса да иштей берүүчү (ayrım elementteri işten cıksa da iştey berüücü)
• Telugu: కట్టుదిట్టమైన (kaṭṭudiṭṭamaina), పాడవని (pāḍavani), చెడిపోని (ceḍipōni)

Noun

fail-safe (plural fail-safes)

1. A fail-safe device or mechanism.

Translations

device or mechanism

• Dutch: fouttolerant
• Finnish: vikaturvallinen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: mode dégradé
• Japanese: フェイルセーフ (feirusēfu)

Verb

fail-safe (third-person singular simple present fail-saf, present participle ing, simple past and past participle fail-safed)

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.

See also

• foolproof