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FOOL-PROOFING

Specialty Definition: FOOL-PROOFING

DomainDefinition

Mechanical Engineering

The act of making a device so simple, plain and reliable that there is no opportunity for error, misuse or failure. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FOOL-PROOFING

Language Translations for "FOOL-PROOFING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

aansluitbeveiliging. (various references)

   

French

  

orthoconnexion. (various references)

   

German

  

Faschanschlußsicherung. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σύνδεση μοναδικής προσαρμογής, διάταξη αλάνθαστης εφαρμογής (fool-proof device). (various references)

   

Italian

  

antimanomissione. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ool-proofingfay

   

Portuguese

  

ortoconexão. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

seguro (airtight, assurance, assured, confidant, confident, definitely, dependable, diaper, in the bag, infallible, insurance, insurance policy, odds-on, positive, reliable, safe, secure, sure, sure fire, trust, tumbler), ortoconexión, infalible (foolproof, inerrable, infallible, never failing, unerring). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FOOL-PROOFING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-f-g-i-l-n-o-o-o-o-p-r"

-3 letters: foolproof.

-4 letters: flooring, oilproof, proofing.

-5 letters: fooling, griffon, looping, pooling, prolong, rolfing, roofing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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