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adjective |
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1. switching to safe condition: designed to switch equipment or a system to a safe condition if there is a fault or failure
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2. with safety device: protected by or using a fail-safe mechanism
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3. sure to succeed: incapable of failing
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verb (past and past participle fail-safed, present participle fail-saf·ing, 3rd person present singular fail-safes) |
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1. transitive verb safeguard something from failure: to make something safe in the event of failure through use of a fail-safe device or procedure
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2. intransitive verb U.S. switch to safe condition: to switch automatically to a safe condition in the event of a failure in the supply, control, or structural system of something
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noun (plural fail-safes) |
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something that safeguards: a fail-safe device or procedure
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