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dead man's switch (plural dead man's switches)

1. A switch that ensures a fail-safe condition by automatically triggering an action (for instance, to stop a machine or vehicle) if a specified input from the operator is not made or is altered. Hypernyms: kill switch < switch < component, part Hyponyms: dead man's handle, dead man's brake; vigilance control, dead man's control, dead man's trigger, dead man's pedal, dead man's seat; Driver's Safety Device, DSD (official UK railway term) Holonyms: device, machine This seat is equipped with a dead man's switch. As the theory goes, "if the driver stops sitting, the machine is quitting."
   • 2020 December 10, HarryBlank, “SCP-5751”, in SCP Foundation‎[1], archived from the original on 24 September 2024:P.S. What about using a disc collection with a specific weight as a dead man's switch? Or making up a new format out of rare, esoteric, or even thaumaturgical materials, and using the anomaly to duplicate them? Or...

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• Dead Hand
• deadman
• fail-deadly

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Basque: gizaki hilaren gailu Chinese: Mandarin: 失能开关 (shīnéng kāiguān) Danish: dødemandsknap c Dutch: dodemansknop (nl) m Finnish: kuolleen miehen kytkin French: homme-mort (fr) m German: Totmannschalter (de) m, Totmanneinrichtung f Italian: uomo morto m Japanese: デッドマン装置 (deddoman sōchi) Korean: 데드맨 장치 (dedeumaen jangchi) Polish: czuwak (pl) m Portuguese: homem-morto Spanish: dispositivo de hombre muerto m, interruptor presencial m Swedish: dödmansgrepp n

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