What does safety device mean?

Definitions for safety device
safe·ty de·vice

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. guard, safety, safety devicenoun

    a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

Wikipedia

  1. safety device

    In engineering, a fail-safe is a design feature or practice that, in the event of a specific type of failure, inherently responds in a way that will cause minimal or no harm to other equipment, to the environment or to people. Unlike inherent safety to a particular hazard, a system being "fail-safe" does not mean that failure is impossible or improbable, but rather that the system's design prevents or mitigates unsafe consequences of the system's failure. That is, if and when a "fail-safe" system fails, it remains at least as safe as it was before the failure. Since many types of failure are possible, failure mode and effects analysis is used to examine failure situations and recommend safety design and procedures. Some systems can never be made fail-safe, as continuous availability is needed. Redundancy, fault tolerance, or contingency plans are used for these situations (e.g. multiple independently controlled and fuel-fed engines).

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  1. safety device

    A safety device is an apparatus, tool, or mechanism designed to protect individuals or property from accidents, harm, damage, or potentially dangerous situations. These devices function as a preventive measure, often activating automatically or manually in the event of an emergency, ranging from wearing helmets, using seat belts in vehicles, to smoke detectors in buildings. Their main goal is to minimize risk, ensure safety, and potentially save lives.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Safety Device

    (a) A device to prevent overheating of any portion of a circuit by excess of current. It generally consists of a slip of fusible metal which if the current attains too much strength melts and opens the circuit. To ensure its breaking a weight is sometimes suspended from the strip. In one form an insulated German silver wire is wrapped around the end of the fusible strip a number of times and its end is connected to it. The other end of the German silver wire connects with the main lead, so that all the current goes through both in series. If the German silver wire becomes heated from excess of current the coil wrapped tightly around the end of the fusible strip melts it and opens the circuit. (b) Lightning arresters, q. v., may be cited under this heading. Synonyms--Automatic Cut Out--Safety Fuse, Plug, or Strip.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. safety device

    A device which prevents unintentional functioning.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of safety device in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of safety device in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of safety device in a Sentence

  1. Councilor Kate Toomey:

    We had a wonderful hero. This has weighed heavily on all of us, it's an even greater message to say: 'Look, if we think that there needs to be a safety device, you probably should not be going in here to swim.'.

  2. Dudley Moore:

    The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.


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  • bezpečnostní zařízeníCzech
  • dispositivo de seguridadSpanish
  • सुरक्षा उपकरणHindi
  • alat pengamanIndonesian
  • Dispositivo di sicurezzaItalian
  • อุปกรณ์ความปลอดภัยThai

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