guardrail
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: From guard + rail.
Compound parts: guard
rail
Inflected forms:
form: guardrails
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: guard rail
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A rail set alongside a dangerous place as a barrier, to improve safety.
pos: noun
gloss: A rail set alongside a dangerous place as a barrier, to improve safety.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
gloss: Any barrier designed to prevent accidents or mistakes.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
figuratively
examples: Set guardrails on Visual Studio Live Share
We’ve heard from Live Share users that they want to use Live Share in their organization, but without controls to prevent individuals from outside their company domain joining Live Share sessions, they’re blocked. We are excited that this and many other requested policies are now available.
Some worry that releasing open-source generative A.I. models without guardrails could provoke a backlash among regulators and the general public that could damage the entire industry.
That a confrontation over a single surveillance balloon deemed harmless by the Pentagon could destabilize diplomacy between the two countries showed the difficulties of putting “guardrails on the relationship,” a goal stated in those terms by President Biden and his aides.
He also acknowledged the need for guardrails. “I really think the world is going to rise to the occasion and everybody wants to do the right thing,” Altman said.
CNN reported later that day that Musk had ordered staff at xAI to loosen the guardrails on Grok last year; a source told the broadcaster that he had told a meeting he was “unhappy about over-censoring” and three xAI safety team members had left the business soon after.
gloss: Synonym of check rail.
pos: noun
Related words: fail-safe
Derived words: guardrailed
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: парапет
roman: parapet
lang: Catalan
word: guarda-raïl
lang: Catalan
word: barana
lang: Catalan
word: barrera de seguretat
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 護欄 /护栏
roman: hùlán
lang: Czech
word: zábradlí
lang: Czech
word: zábradlí
lang: Dutch
word: vangrail
lang: Finnish
word: suojakaide
lang: Finnish
word: turvakaide
lang: French
word: garde-fou
lang: French
word: garde-corps
lang: French
word: glissière de sécurité
lang: French
word: rail de sécurité
lang: French
word: barrière de sécurité
lang: German
word: Geländer
lang: German
word: Leitplanke
lang: German
word: Schutzplanke
lang: German
word: Leitschiene
lang: Greek
word: κιγκλίδωμα
roman: kigklídoma
lang: Hungarian
word: szalagkorlát
lang: Icelandic
word: varnargrindverk
lang: Italian
word: guardrail
lang: Italian
word: barriera di protezione
lang: Italian
word: barriera protettiva
lang: Italian
word: barriera di sicurezza
lang: Italian
word: barriera stradale
lang: Italian
word: barriera di contenimento
lang: Italian
word: guardavia
lang: Italian
word: sicurvia
lang: Italian
word: guardastrada
lang: Italian
word: guidovia
lang: Japanese
word: ガードレール
roman: gādorēru
lang: Kazakh
word: қоршау
roman: qorşau
lang: Korean
word: 보호 난간
roman: boho nan'gan
lang: Norwegian
word: gelender
lang: Norwegian
word: rekkverk
lang: Polish
word: poręcz
lang: Polish
word: balustrada
lang: Polish
word: barierka
lang: Polish
word: bariera energochłonna
lang: Portuguese
word: guard-rail
lang: Russian
word: огражде́ние
roman: ograždénije
lang: Spanish
word: guardarraíl
lang: Spanish
word: quitamiedos
lang: Spanish
word: pretil
lang: Spanish
word: antepecho
lang: Spanish
word: balaustrada
lang: Spanish
word: arambol
lang: Spanish
word: repecho
lang: Spanish
word: brocal
lang: Spanish
word: guardavía
lang: Swedish
word: räcke
lang: Welsh
word: canllaw