ALL meanings of failsafe
fail-safe
F f - adjective failsafe Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly. 1
- adjective failsafe equipped with a secondary system that insures continued operation even if the primary system fails. 1
- adjective failsafe (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or designating a system of coded military controls in which bombers dispatched to a prearranged point as part of a standard operating procedure cannot advance farther without direct orders from a designated authority and cannot have the nuclear warheads they carry armed until they have passed their prearranged point. 1
- adjective failsafe guaranteed to work; totally reliable: a fail-safe recipe for a cheese soufflé. 1
- noun failsafe (sometimes initial capital letter) the point beyond which the bombers cannot go without specific instruction; the fail-safe point. 1
- noun failsafe something designed to work or function automatically to prevent breakdown of a mechanism, system, or the like. 1
- verb with object failsafe to make fail-safe. 1
- noun failsafe Alternative form of fail-safe. 1