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Definitions for reliability
re·li·a·bil·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dependability, dependableness, reliability, reliablenessnoun

    the quality of being dependable or reliable

Wiktionary

  1. reliabilitynoun

    The quality of being reliable, dependable or trustworthy.

  2. reliabilitynoun

    The quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent, that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See validity).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Reliabilitynoun

    the state or quality of being reliable; reliableness

Freebase

  1. Reliability

    In the psychometrics, reliability is used to describe the overall consistency of a measure. A measure is said to have a high reliability if it produces similar results under consistent conditions. For example, measurements of people’s height and weight are often extremely reliable.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of reliability in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of reliability in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of reliability in a Sentence

  1. Scott Morrison:

    This will be one of the largest pumped hydro projects in the world, which not only reduces electricity prices and takes the pressure off electricity prices, but it creates the reliability of electricity supply.

  2. Cicero:

    The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.

  3. John Moura:

    The transformation of North America's resource mix presents. a unique set of challenges, nERC continues to monitor key measures of essential reliability services to provide greater insight on how this trend is impacting reliability.

  4. Air Force spokesman Ann Stefanek:

    Although serviced on a regular basis, reliability has decreased with failures increasing, especially in hot/humid environments.

  5. Craig Cooning:

    With Admiral Syring, we are looking to make what we do in missile defense more like space programs and less like defense weapons programs. There’s a higher design reliability in space than there historically has been in some weapons programs.

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