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  • 1Mean time between failures — (MTBF) is the predicted elapsed time between inherent failures of a system during operation.[1] MTBF can be calculated as the arithmetic mean (average) time between failures of a system. The MTBF is typically part of a model that assumes the… …

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  • 2Mean time between coincidences — The mean time between coincidences (MTBC) is used in safety engineering and is defined as the reciprocal of the average frequency of dangerous coincidences:MTBC=frac{1}{lambda {d = frac{2}{lambda mu au } …

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  • 3Mean time between outages — In a system the mean time between outages (MTBO) is the mean time between equipment failures that result in loss of system continuity or unacceptable degradation. The MTBO is calculated by the equation, where MTBF is the nonredundant mean time… …

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  • 4Mean time — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …

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  • 5Mean time — Mean Mean, a. [OE. mene, OF. meiien, F. moyen, fr. L. medianus that is in the middle, fr. medius; akin to E. mid. See {Mid}.] 1. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes. [1913 Webster] Being of middle age and a… …

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  • 6The Mean Machine (Rap group) — The Mean Machine was a rap group composed of Puerto Ricans who rapped in both English and Spanish. They are known for their only single, Disco Dream, released as a 12 33 RPM single in 1981 on the Sugar Hill Records label. The group is often cited …

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  • 7Mean time to recovery — For other uses, see MTTR (disambiguation). Mean time to recovery (MTTR)[1][2] is the average time that a device will take to recover from any failure. Examples of such devices range from self resetting fuses (where the MTTR would be very short,… …

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  • 8The Mean Season — Infobox Film name = The Mean Season image size = caption = Theatrical poster director = Phillip Borsos producer = David Foster Lawrence Turman writer = John Katzenbach (novel) Leon Piedmont (screenplay) narrator = starring = Kurt Russell Mariel… …

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  • 9mean time — noun Date: 1751 time that is based on the motion of the mean sun called also mean solar time …

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  • 10Port Blair mean time — was the time zone of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India in the Bay of Bengal. The time zone was set up during the early 1800s remained in effect until January 1, 1906 as the Indian Standard Time became the official time of India. ee also*… …

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