GAU

See also: gau, Gau, gấu, and gâu

German

Etymology

Calque of English maximum credible accident.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaʊ̯/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aʊ̯

Noun

GAU m

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
(figurative) worst case scenario

Derived terms

Super-GAU

Related terms

DAU

Further reading

Auslegungsstörfall#GAU on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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