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fault tree

fault tree noun: a diagram for the purpose of top-down, deductive failure analysis, in which an undesired state of a system is studied using Boolean logic.

fault tree: a diagram for the purpose of top-down, deductive failure analysis, in which an undesired state of a...
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Noun

fault tree (plural fault trees)

  1. A diagram for the purpose of top-down, deductive failure analysis, in which an undesired state of a system is studied using Boolean logic.

Forms of fault tree

pluralfault trees

Words formed from fault tree

Questions about fault tree

What does fault tree mean?
Fault tree means a diagram for the purpose of top-down, deductive failure analysis, in which an undesired state of a system is studied using Boolean logic.
What part of speech is fault tree?
Fault tree is a noun.
What is the plural of fault tree?
The plural of fault tree is fault trees.

Words near fault tree in the dictionary

  1. fault scarps
  2. fault tolerance
  3. fault tolerances
  4. fault trace
  5. fault traces
  6. fault tree
  7. fault trees
  8. fault-find
  9. fault-finding
  10. fault-finds
  11. fault-found

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