Look up: fail-safe

1. Fail Safe
   Any system that cannot fail in any mode without providing a directly observable indication of failure. Consider an electrical relay with a set of contacts that are open when it is unpowered. If a power source and a light bulb are connected in series with the contacts, the lamp will glow when the rel...
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2. fail safe
   a design property of an item which prevents its failures from resulting in critical faults
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3. fail safe
   a design property of an item which aims to prevent its failures from resulting in critical faults
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4. fail-safe
   [adj] - guaranteed not to fail 2. [adj] - eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction
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5. fail-safe
   in a device or equipment, the design conception in which failure of a component does not increase the hazard of the whole system, and in which failure of the system is rendered non-hazardous or inoperative Category: Management in the public and private sector • this condition indicates t...
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6. fail-safe
   adjective 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`
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7. fail-safe
   adjective guaranteed not to fail; `a fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle`
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8. fail-safe
   noun a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction
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9. fail-safe
   (from the article `strategic weapons system`) Each of these weapons systems was an intricate network of communications among people and missiles carrying hydrogen bombs. Elaborate design, ...
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10. Fail-safe
    A `fail-safe` or `fail-secure` device is one that, in the event of failure, responds in a way that will cause no harm, or at least a minimum of harm, to other devices or danger to personnel. Fail-safe components should not be confused with fail-secure components. A fail-secure component will allow, ...
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11. Fail-Safe
    (novel) `Fail-Safe` is a novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, published in 1962. The popular and critically acclaimed novel was first adapted into a 1964 film of the same name directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Henry Fonda, Dan O`Herlihy, and Walter Matthau. In 2000, the nove...
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12. Failsafe
    (UK band) `Failsafe` are a melodic rock band whose current line up has been together since 2005, although the foundations of the band were laid in 2000. They are based in and around Preston, UK and so far they have released two albums independantly and have just recorded their third with prod...
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13. Failsafe
    (US band) `Failsafe` is an American mainstream rock band from Kansas City, Missouri, that was formed in late 2007 by Dylan Sean Maloney. Failsafe has become known for their energetic live performances and catchy, hard-hitting songs. History : Formation (2007): Failsafe is a mainstream rock ba...
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