Definition: | limit, if it exists, of the quotient of the mean number of failures of a repairable item within time interval (t, t + Δt), by Δt, when Δt tends to zero
where N(t) is the number of failures in the time interval (0, t), where E denotes the expectation.
Note 1 to entry: Other terms used for failure intensity are “rate of occurrence of failures”, and “failure frequency”.
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