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fail-safe

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1. adj. guaranteed not to fail Source: wordnet
2. adj. eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction Source: wordnet
3. n. a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction Source: wordnet
4. j:100 n. a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction s. guaranteed not to fail s. eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction Source: ecdict

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failure malfunction fail automatically capable case compensating danger eliminating guaranteed mechanism returning safe state there

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