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GRADUAL FAILURE

Specialty Definition: GRADUAL FAILURE

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Electrical Engineering

The progressive failure of a semiconductor device to meet a required specification, occurring predictably over a long period. Source: European Union. (references)
 A failure due to a gradual change with time of given characteristics of an item. Source: European Union. (references)

Meteorology & Standards

Failure that could be anticipated by prior examination or monitoring. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: GRADUAL FAILURE

Language Translations for "GRADUAL FAILURE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

gradvis fejl (drift failure), graduel fejl, gradfejl. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

graduele fout, geleidelijke storing (drift failure), geleidelijke feil, langzamerhand toenemende fout. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

asteittaisvika, asteittainen vika. (various references)

   

French

  

dérangement progressif, défaillance progressive, défaillance graduelle. (various references)

   

German

  

progressive Störung (drift failure), Driftausfall, allmählich anwachsender Fehler. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βαθμιαία βλάβη, αστοχία μεταβολής νόθευσης. (various references)

   

Italian

  

guasto graduale (drift failure), rottura graduale. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adualgray ailurefay

   

Portuguese

  

falha progressiva (drift failure), falha gradual (drift failure). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fallo progresivo (drift failure), fallo gradual (drift failure). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

gradvist fel. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: GRADUAL FAILURE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-f-g-i-l-l-r-r-u-u"

-5 letters: fireguard, guardrail, guerrilla, lifeguard, regardful.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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