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a dead man's switch on a train control
a pedal acting as a dead man's switch in a bucket lift truck

Noun

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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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  • 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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