A failure of one of the rocket's first-stage engines just after liftoff would result in a destructive pad fallback.
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Fallback
//ˈfɔːl.bæk//
Synonyms for "fallback" (37 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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20 translations across 10 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 遞補 /递补 noun (a backup plan)
Esperanto
1 entries- refalo noun (an act of falling back)
Finnish
2 entries- varasuunnitelma noun (a backup plan)
- vetäytyminen noun (an act of falling back)
French
3 entries- plan B noun (a backup plan)
- plan de repli noun (a backup plan)
- solution de repli noun (a backup plan)
German
1 entries- Plan B noun (a backup plan)
Italian
1 entries- ripiego noun (a backup plan)
Polish
3 entries- plan B noun (a backup plan)
- plan awaryjny noun (a backup plan)
- upadek noun (an act of falling back)
Portuguese
3 entries- plano B noun (a backup plan)
- plano alternativo noun (a backup plan)
- recurso noun (a backup plan)
Romanian
4 entries- alternativă noun (a backup plan)
- contingenţă noun (a backup plan)
- plan de rezervă noun (a backup plan)
- retragere noun (an act of falling back)
Spanish
1 entries- plan B noun (a backup plan)
Sample sentences
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The black hole formed as a result of fallback of ejecta onto the neutron star initially created by the supernova explosion.
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As a fallback, I suppose we can use typewriters if the word processing system fails.
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Particle size distributions of fallback and ejecta were determined principally by mechanical sieving and weighing.
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