Fail-safe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.4 See also

English

Adjective

fail-safe

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

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

Translations

• Telugu: కట్టుదిట్టమైన (kaTTudiTTamaina), పాడవని (paaDavani), చెడిపోని (cheDipOni)

Noun

Fail-safe (plural Fail-safes)

1. A fail-safe device or mechanism.

Verb

to fail-safe (third-person singular simple present fail-safes, present participle fail-safing, simple past fail-safed, past participle fail-safed)

1. To compensate automatically in the event of a failure.

See also

• foolproof