IN ENGLISH: 1. adj. the mode or status chosen because no other choice was made. EX. The default mode for angle measure is degree even though angles might also be measured in radians [ radians to a right angle] or gradians [100 gradians to a right angle].

APPLICATION: See list 400.

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