reliability

English

Etymology

reliable + -ity

Noun

reliability (usually uncountable, plural reliabilities)

  1. The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.
  2. In education - 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).
  3. In engineering - measurable time of work before failure

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