🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

안전 장치

Pronunciation / Transliteration: anjeon jangchi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Safety mechanism/ˈseɪf.ti ˈmɛk.əˌnɪz.əm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이 기계에는 비상 안전 장치가 포함되어 있습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device, procedure, or system designed to prevent injury, failure, or hazard during the operation of equipment or a process.

    "The laboratory centrifuge is equipped with an automatic safety mechanism that stops the rotor if the lid is opened."
  2. 2

    A regulatory or protective constraint built into an organization, system, or software to prevent harmful outcomes or abuse.

    "Advanced artificial intelligence models require strict safety mechanisms to prevent the generation of harmful content."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'safety' (Middle English, from Old French 'saufte', from Latin 'salvus' meaning safe) and 'mechanism' (from Late Latin 'mechanismus', from Greek 'mēchanē' meaning machine or contrivance). First widely used during the Industrial Revolution to describe physical devices designed to prevent machinery accidents, expanding in the 20th century to include procedural and psychological safeguards.

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