safing

SaySAYF-ing/ˈseɪfɪŋ/

2 meanings of safing

1
verb
Present participle of safe. Use this form for an action happening right now.
The crew is safing the rocket before the test.
Safing the equipment takes only a few minutes.
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2
noununcountable
The act of putting a spacecraft into a safe state to protect it from harm.
Like a computer going into sleep mode to avoid trouble when something goes wrong.
The safing of the probe began the moment its sensors failed.
Engineers watched the safing happen from the control room.
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safing is a form of safe

safe, verb: To make something no longer dangerous, for example by switching it off or locking it. Full entry

Forms: safesafes he/she/itsafing -ing formsafed past tense, past participle
Spelling: safe → safing: drop the e, add -ing

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