fallback
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fallback
- /ˈfɔːl.bæk/
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From the verb fall back.
noun fallbacks · fall-back
- An act of falling back. A failure of one of the rocket's first-stage engines just after liftoff would result in a destructive pad fallback.
- A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse. As a fallback, I suppose we can use typewriters if the word processing system fails.
- A reduction in bitumen softening point, sometimes called refluxing or overheating, in a relatively closed container.
- Pulverised material that falls back to earth after a nuclear explosion; fallout. Particle size distributions of fallback and ejecta were determined principally by mechanical sieving and weighing.
Similar: plan B, recourse. Thesaurus:option
adjective fall-back
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That can be resorted to as a fallback.
a fallback plan
Similar: alternate, alternative, back-up, backup, secondary
verb fall-back
- Misspelling of fall back
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: plan B, recourse. Thesaurus:option
Translations
Every language
noun an act of falling back
| Română | retragere |
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noun a backup plan
| Español | plan B |
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| 中文 | 遞補 /递补 dìbǔ |
| Português | plano alternativo, plano B, recurso |
| Français | plan de repli, solution de repli, plan B |
| Deutsch | Plan B |
| Italiano | ripiego |
| Română | plan de rezervă, contingență, alternativă |
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