📚 noun • entry_id 50725
dead man's switch
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dispositivo de hombre muerto • interruptor presencial
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.
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."
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