| safeguard | | |
| n. (act) | 1. guard, precaution, safeguard | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc..; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down" |
| ~ measure, step | any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime" |
| ~ backstop | a precaution in case of an emergency.; "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong" |
| ~ security measures, security | measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc..; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" |
| n. (communication) | 2. safe-conduct, safeguard | a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war. |
| ~ passport, pass | any authorization to pass or go somewhere.; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit" |
| v. (competition) | 3. safeguard | make safe. |
| ~ protect | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage.; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" |
| v. (motion) | 4. safeguard | escort safely. |
| ~ escort | accompany as an escort.; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball" |
| amp | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. a, amp, ampere | the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps" |
| ~ current unit | a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time. |
| ~ milliampere, ma | one thousandth of an ampere. |
| ~ abamp, abampere | a unit of current equal to 10 amperes. |
| n. (substance) | 2. adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid, amp | a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP. |
| ~ nucleotide, base | a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA). |
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