Term: fail-safe: a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: banking: engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: staining: the act of spotting or staining something
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: genus beroe: coextensive with the class Nuda
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: apoenzyme: a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: nerve: any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: heavy water: water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: nitrogen cycle: the circulation of nitrogen; nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: all-or-none law: (neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: harvest-lice: erect perennial Old World herb of dry grassy habitats
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: osmium: a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known