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Appendix:Variations of "gau"
German
Etymology
de en maximum credible accident.
Pronunciation
de /ɡaʊ̯/
de De-GAU.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aʊ̯ 1
Noun
de noun m
de größter anzunehmender Unfall worst possible or foreseeable accident: the worst possible accident considered for controlling, engineering, or planning when designing something such as a nuclear or industrial plant
de figurative worst case scenario
Derived terms
de Super-GAU
Related terms
de DAU
Further reading
Auslegungsstörfall#GAU de
de Radioactivity