fail-safe

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: fāl′sāf, IPA(key): /ˈfeɪlˌseɪf/ === Adjective === fail-safe That does not cause undue damage in the event of failure. Designed to shut off for safety if an emergency occurs. ==== Coordinate terms ==== fail-deadly failsoft ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== fault-tolerant foolproof guardrail (noun) === Noun === fail-safe (plural fail-safes) A device, mechanism or measure designed to make something fail-safe. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === fail-safe (third-person singular simple present fail-safes, present participle fail-safing, simple past and past participle fail-safed) To compensate automatically, in the event of a failure. To make a device or mechanism fail-safe, or to add a fail-safe device or mechanism to an existing system. ==== Alternative forms ==== fail safe (with differing inflections) ==== See also ==== foolproof === References === “fail-safe”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.