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fail-safe (flsf)

adj.

1. Capable of compensating automatically and safely for a failure, as of a mechanism or power source.

2. Acting to discontinue a military attack on the occurrence of any of various predetermined conditions.

3. Guaranteed not to fail: "There is no fail-safe mechanism guaranteed either to contain or to restore presidential authority" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)

n.

A fail-safe mechanism.

v. fail-safed, fail-saf·ing, fail-safes

v.intr.

To compensate automatically for failure.

v.tr.

To render fail-safe: fail-safed the computer against power outages.

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fail-safe

adj

1. (Engineering / General Engineering) designed to return to a safe condition in the event of a failure or malfunction

2. (Military) (of a nuclear weapon) capable of being deactivated in the event of a failure or accident

3. unlikely to fail; foolproof

vb

(intr) to return to a safe condition in the event of a failure or malfunction

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fail-safe - a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction mechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
Adj.	1.	fail-safe - guaranteed not to fail; "a fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle" secure - free from danger or risk; "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field"
	2.	fail-safe - eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction; "a fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident" safe - free from danger or the risk of harm; "a safe trip"; "you will be safe here"; "a safe place"; "a safe bet"

Translations

fail-safe [ˈfeɪlseɪf] ADJ [device] → de seguridad, a prueba de fallos; [method] → infalible

fail-safe

adj → (ab)gesichert; method → hundertprozentig sicher; mechanism, system → störungssicher