Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mean time to failure

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables: mean -time -to -fail-ure
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The predicted mean average time taken for a part or system to fail for the first time.

Synonyms

MTTF

Questions

What does mean time to failure mean?: The predicted mean average time taken for a part or system to fail for the first time.

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