"bathtub curve" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bathtub curves [plural]
Etymology: From its shape. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bathtub curve (plural bathtub curves)
  1. A curve used in reliability engineering, describing a particular form of the hazard function taking into account three categories of failure rate. Wikipedia link: bathtub curve Translations (curve): kylpyammekäyrä (Finnish), ammekäyrä (Finnish), badkarskurva [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bathtub_curve-en-noun-mJjqA9~Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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