fallback

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɔːl.bæk/

Noun

fallback

1. An act of falling back.
2. A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.

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

3. (construction) A reduction in bitumen softening point, sometimes called refluxing or overheating in a relatively closed container.
4. Pulverised material that falls back to earth after a nuclear explosion; fallout.
   • 1970, Nuclear Science Abstracts (page 3595)

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

Synonyms

• (act of falling back) ebbing, recession, retreat
• (backup plan) back-up/backup, plan B, recourse

Translations

• French: plan de repli, solution de repli, plan B
• German: Plan B
• Italian: ripiego
• Portuguese: plano alternativo, plano B, recurso
• Spanish: plan B

Adjective

fallback (not comparable)

1. That can be resorted to as a fallback.

   a fallback plan

Synonyms

• alternate/alternative, back-up/backup, secondary

Verb

1. Misspelling of fall back

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