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crashworthy

crashworthy

6.5
Made to protect people and things from injury or damage in a crash
  • adjective
  • /ˈkræʃˌwɜrði/
  • Specialized
translation icon : resistente a choques
  • As a first step in developing suitable test protocols, crashworthy design criteria must be established for wheelchair seating systems.
  • crashworthy seat
  • crashworthy design
  • crashworthy seating system

Examples

  • The engineers designed the new vehicle to be highly crashworthy to protect its passengers in the event of an accident.

  • This study has provided preliminary guidelines and trends useful in the development of crashworthy wheelchair seating systems.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Vehicle seating systems provide inherent crash protection to their occupants through properly positioned occupant restraint systems and crashworthy seat design.

    Academic text (2000)

  • As an initial step in defining crashworthy design criteria, this study explores the range of seating system forces that may be encountered in 20g frontal crash conditions.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Armanios and Dancila also see potential applications in the reinforcement of tethers, mountain-climbing ropes, and crashworthy helicopter seat restraints.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The newly formed RESNA working group, Seating Devices for Use in Motor Vehicles, was charged with guiding crashworthy seating system design and addressing the crashworthiness of aftermarket seating systems through the development of a new wheelchair seating standard.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Safety tests confirmed that the crashworthy construction of the car significantly reduces the risk of injury during a collision.

  • Families often prioritize crashworthy features when choosing cars for their safety in potential accidents.

Synonyms

shockproof
vscrashworthy
  • Specialized
3.9

Made to resist damage from sudden drops or hard hits

focuses on protecting people or contents from harm in accidents

Antonyms

unsafe
93 1.1

Likely to cause harm to people or damage to things

How Protective

armored
  • US
276 4.4
protective
163 2.4
crashworthy
  • Specialized
6.5
vulnerable
581 4.0
unguarded
11 5.2

Surface Forms

crashworthy positive

Morphology

crashworthy = crash + worthy (semi-transparent) = crash + worthy

The word is built transparently from 'crash' and 'worthy', but the specialized meaning 'able to protect against damage in a crash' is slightly shifted from the literal parts.

Etymology

Crashworthy combines crash ('a heavy hit or collision') and worthy ('good enough for' or 'fit for'), as in trustworthy. So something crashworthy is made to hold up in a crash and keep people or things safe.