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reliability

noun

Etymology

From reliable + -ity.

  1. derived from religo
  2. derived from relier
  3. inherited from relien
  4. formed as reliable — “rely + -able”
  5. suffixed as reliability — “reliable + ity”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.

    • Above all, rail needs to be boring. By that, I mean that it must run its timetable reliably, day-in and day-out. Punctuality and reliability remain the bedrock of a successful railway.

  2. the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the…

    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. measurable time of work before failure

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reliability. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA