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weaklink

weaklink noun: part of a permissive-action link that is deliberately designed to fail before the safety device in the event of damage, ensuring that the weapon is not accidentally activated.

Noun

weaklink (plural weaklinks)

  1. Part of a permissive-action link that is deliberately designed to fail before the safety device in the event of damage, ensuring that the weapon is not accidentally activated.

Forms of weaklink

pluralweaklinks

Origin of weaklink

From weak + link.

Questions about weaklink

What does weaklink mean?
Weaklink means part of a permissive-action link that is deliberately designed to fail before the safety device in the event of damage, ensuring that the weapon is not accidentally activated.
What part of speech is weaklink?
Weaklink is a noun.
What is the plural of weaklink?
The plural of weaklink is weaklinks.

Words near weaklink in the dictionary

  1. weaklier
  2. weakliest
  3. weakliness
  4. weakling
  5. weaklings
  6. weaklink
  7. weaklinks
  8. weakly
  9. weakly cardinal
  10. weakly contractible
  11. weakly interacting massive particle

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