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defence in depth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
de-fence in depth
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, potentially yielding a limited amount of territory in order to stress the attacker's logistics and reduce their momentum.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The use of multilayered protection to make a system reliable even if part of the protection fails.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

defences in depth (plural) defense in depth (alternative)

Questions

What does defence in depth mean?
A strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, potentially yielding a limited amount of territory in order to stress the attacker's logistics and reduce their momentum.

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