Wear-out-failure period

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5-1-075

That possible period during which the failure rate is increasing rapidly due to deterioration processes.

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Figure 1 - Failure rate / time pattern.

Reference: I.E.C.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)