fallback
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːl.bæk/
adj
Etymology: From the verb fall back.
- That can be resorted to as a fallback.
“a fallback plan”
noun
Etymology: From the verb 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.”
“The black hole formed as a result of fallback of ejecta onto the neutron star initially created by the supernova explosion.”
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: From the verb fall back.
- Misspelling of fall back.