Meaning of Fallback | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act of falling back.
   countable, uncountable
2. A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
   countable, uncountable
3. A reduction in bitumen softening point, sometimes called refluxing or overheating, in a relatively closed container.
   countable, uncountable
4. Pulverised material that falls back to earth after a nuclear explosion; fallout.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

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

“The black hole formed as a result of fallback of ejecta onto the neutron star initially created by the supernova explosion.”

“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.”

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