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fail-secure

fail-secure adjective: of a device: such that, if it fails, it does so in a way that will cause little or no harm to other devices and personnel.

Adjective

fail-secure (not comparable)

  1. Of a device: such that, if it fails, it does so in a way that will cause little or no harm to other devices and personnel.

Questions about fail-secure

What does fail-secure mean?
Fail-secure means of a device: such that, if it fails, it does so in a way that will cause little or no harm to other devices and personnel.
What part of speech is fail-secure?
Fail-secure is an adjective.

Words near fail-secure in the dictionary

  1. fail-deadly
  2. fail-safe
  3. fail-safed
  4. fail-safes
  5. fail-safing
  6. fail-secure
  7. fail-soft
  8. failable
  9. failance
  10. failances
  11. failback

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