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safety-critical

safety-critical adjective: of a system: capable of causing serious injury or damage if it fails or malfunctions.

Adjective

safety-critical (comparative more safety-critical, superlative most safety-critical)

  1. Of a system: capable of causing serious injury or damage if it fails or malfunctions.
    • In a statement, the company said: "Our colleagues in Product Introduction, Test and Validation and at our train production site are on controlled 'standby' with a number of safety-critical, warehouse, production and security colleagues working in person at the factory, allowing us to restart...2020 April 8, “Network News: UK train production stops but depots remain open for servicing”, in Rail, page 12

Forms of safety-critical

comparativemore safety-critical
superlativemost safety-critical

Questions about safety-critical

What does safety-critical mean?
Safety-critical means of a system: capable of causing serious injury or damage if it fails or malfunctions.
What part of speech is safety-critical?
Safety-critical is an adjective.

Words near safety-critical in the dictionary

  1. safety valves
  2. safety valving
  3. safety yellow
  4. safety yellows
  5. safety-conscious
  6. safety-critical
  7. safety-deposit
  8. safety-deposit box
  9. safety-deposit boxes
  10. safety-deposits
  11. safety-valve

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