failure rate

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meanings of failureand rate

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failure
noun
uk /ˈfeɪ.ljər/ us /ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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rate
noun[C]
uk /reɪt/ us /reɪt/
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a ...
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Examples of failure rate

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This study considers two types of failure rates: first-method (first-segment) failurerate, and all-method failurerate.
The increasing failurerate property of consecutive-k-out-of-n systems.
The overall failurerate recorded is therefore 0-2 % of sterilizations.
As is seen, the failurerate is quite low, especially for verb definitions.
The two failures were due to peg insertion failures (4% failurerate).
In the process, farmers faced a modest failurerate (11 per cent) of irrigation wells.
Household size does not show any consistent effect on failurerate.
Only for pills and injectables was it a significant factor for failurerate.
Although older markets are not entirely safe from failure, their failurerate is low.
A block with assigned probability of success or failurerate represents each component.
Generally, contraceptive effectiveness is low, the cumulative failurerate for the first 12 months of all intervals amounting to 18%.
However, this percentage when calculated over a period of 12 months gives lower values than the cumulative failurerate.
They concluded that the needle through needle technique was quicker, had no greater failurerate and had greater patient satisfaction.
The only failure observed was due to a pegin-hole failure caused by peg wedging (2% failurerate).
This means that, in terms of failurerate, the strategy based planner and the complete planner cannot be distinguished.
However, the failurerate for injectables did not change with duration of use, remaining low at all times.
This failurerate, which increases with the biological and hydrological river complexity, accelerates the need to develop alternative control measures.
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