reliability
The quality of being reliable, dependable or trustworthy.
Other meanings
the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).
measurable time of work before failure
Related words
- nonreliability
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “reliability” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.