Infant-mortality period

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5-1-065

Early-failure period.

That possible early period, beginning at some stated time, during which the failure rate is decreasing rapidly.

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Figure 1 - Failure rate / time pattern.

Reference: I.E.C. (modified)




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)