Failure rate — is the frequency with which an engineered system or component fails, expressed for example in failures per hour. It is often denoted by the Greek letter λ (lambda) and is important in reliability engineering. The failure rate of a system usually… … Wikipedia
Failure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Failure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 failure failure Sgm: N 1 nonsuccess nonsuccess nonfulfillment Sgm: N 1 dead failure dead failure successlessness Sgm: N 1 abortion abortion miscarriage Sgm: N 1 b … English dictionary for students
Flat roof — A flat roof is a type of covering of a building. In contrast to the sloped form of a roof, a flat roof is horizontal or nearly horizontal. Materials that cover flat roofs should allow the water to run off freely from a very slight… … Wikipedia
Flat-12 — A flat 12 is an internal combustion engine in a flat configuration, having 12 cylinders.The flat 12 is wider (but significantly lower in height) than a V12 . Despite the advantage of having a lower center of gravity than a V12, that advantage can … Wikipedia
Flat morphism — In mathematics, in particular in the theory of schemes in algebraic geometry, a flat morphism f from a scheme X to a scheme Y is a morphism such that the induced map on every stalk is a flat map of rings, i.e., : fP : OY,f(P) → OX,P is a flat map … Wikipedia
flat — {{11}}flat (adj.) early 14c., from O.N. flatr, from P.Gmc. *flataz (Cf. O.S. flat flat, shallow,: O.H.G. flaz flat, level, O.E. flet, O.H.G. flezzi floor ), perhaps from PIE *plat to spread (Cf. Gk. platys broad, flat; see PLACE (Cf … Etymology dictionary
failure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Nonperformance Nouns 1. failure, unsuccessfulness, nonsuccess, nonfulfillment; dead failure, abortion, miscarriage, malfunction, outage; bankruptcy (see nonpayment); labor in vain; no go; inefficacy;… … English dictionary for students
secondary failure — The failure which occurs as a result of a primary failure (e.g., the primary failure is a nail hole; but as the tire is run flat, the secondary failure may be a tire roll off … Dictionary of automotive terms
Yucca Flat — is a closed desert drainage basin, one of four major nuclear test regions within the Nevada Test Site (NTS), and is divided into nine test sections: Areas 1 through 4 and 6 through 10. Yucca Flat is located at the eastern edge of NTS, about ten… … Wikipedia
Heart failure — Classification and external resources The major signs and symptoms of heart failure. ICD 10 I5 … Wikipedia