Below is a snapshot of the Web page as it appeared on 6/8/2024 (the last time our crawler visited it). This is the version of the page that was used for ranking your search results. The page may have changed since we last cached it. To see what might have changed (without the highlights), go to the current page.
Bing is not responsible for the content of this page.
FAIL-SAFE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Most tendons consist of multiple fascicles, which is thought to be a fail-safe mechanism so that failure of one or more fibre bundles does not compromise the tendon strength.
Although lactation would have reduced the chance of a woman becoming pregnant anyway, it was far from fail-safe, so some other form of birthcontrol may also have been used.
I am a former railwayman, and, believe me, the "fail-safe" concept was drummed into us.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
They fail to place fail-safe systems round the caustic soda tanks, somebody leaves the valve on and as a result thousands of fish die.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
There will now be a fail-safe procedure to ensure that such signals do not go astray.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It is crucial to examine the extent to which such personal and professional resources are co-ordinated to ensure a comprehensive and fail-safe network of care.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Although it is not a fail-safe or a guarantee, in the end a postal ballot comes nearer to that ideal.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
