fallback — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. An act of falling back.

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   Beispiele

   A failure of one of the rocket's first-stage engines just after liftoff would result in a destructive pad fallback.

   The black hole formed as a result of fallback of ejecta onto the neutron star initially created by the supernova explosion.

2. A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.

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   As a fallback, I suppose we can use typewriters if the word processing system fails.

3. A reduction in bitumen softening point, sometimes called refluxing or overheating, in a relatively closed container.

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4. Pulverised material that falls back to earth after a nuclear explosion; fallout.

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   Particle size distributions of fallback and ejecta were determined principally by mechanical sieving and weighing.

Adjektiv

1. That can be resorted to as a fallback.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Synonyme

   alternatealternativeback-upbackupsecondary

   Beispiele

   a fallback plan

Substantiv

1. to break off a military action with an enemy

   Synonyme

   disengagementpullout

   Oberbegriffe

   retreat