aptitude of a product to perform a required function, in given conditions, for a given period of time

Note 1 to entry: it is generally assumed that the product is in a state to perform this required function at the beginning of the time interval.

Note 2 to entry: generally, reliability performance is quantified using appropriate measures. In some applications, these measures include an expression of reliability performance as a probability, which is also called reliability.

[SOURCE: EN 16601-00-01:2015, 2.3.170 and ISO 10795:2019]

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