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failure rates

failure rates is the plural of failure rate.

Meaning of failure rate

Noun

failure rate (plural failure rates)

  1. The frequency with which an engineered system or component fails, expressed for example in failures per hour.

Questions about failure rates

What is failure rates the plural of?
Failure rates is the plural of failure rate.

Words near failure rates in the dictionary

  1. failure
  2. failure drill
  3. failure drills
  4. failure is the best teacher
  5. failure rate
  6. failure rates
  7. failure to launch
  8. failure to prepare is preparing to fail
  9. failure to thrive
  10. failureless
  11. failureproof

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