"bathtub curve" meaning in English

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Noun

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)

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