Fallback

Quick meaning: Fallback is a noun meaning An act of falling back.

Meaning

An act of falling back.

More Meanings

1. A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
2. (construction) A reduction in bitumen softening point, sometimes called refluxing or overheating, in a relatively closed container.
3. Pulverised material that falls back to earth after a nuclear explosion; fallout.
4. That can be resorted to as a fallback.
5. Misspelling of fall back.

Example Sentences

a fallback plan

As a fallback, I suppose we can use typewriters if the word processing system fails.

Particle size distributions of fallback and ejecta were determined principally by mechanical sieving and weighing.

A failure of one of the rocket's first-stage engines just after liftoff would result in a destructive pad fallback.

Word Forms

• fallbacks
• fall-back

Synonyms for fallback

Depending on context, synonyms include ebbing, recession, retreat, back-up, backup, alternate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pullout, disengagement, fall-back, retract, retreat, backsliding.

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