GAU

(Îngilîzî)

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, masculine) initialism of 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
2. (figuratively, masculine) worst case scenario

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ɡaʊ̯/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Calque of English maximum credible accident.

Hevwate

Katastrophe

Desaster

Debakel

Fiasko

Werger

DBA

maximum credible accident

MCA

design basis accident

máximo accidente previsible