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PARTIAL FAILURE [2 records]

Record 1 1993-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
DEF

Failure resulting from deviations in characteristic(s) beyond specified limits but not such as to cause complete lack of the required function.

OBS

partial failure: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
DEF

Défaillance résultant de la déviation d'une ou des caractéristiques d'un dispositif au-delà des limites spécifiées mais n'entraînant pas une disparition complète de la fonction requise.

OBS

défaillance partielle : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)

Spanish

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