reliability

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 13.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.
2. noun the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).
3. noun measurable time of work before failure

Similar words

dependability reliableness dependableness dependable reliable trustworthy trustworthiness soundness trust reliance

Often followed by

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Word family

reliabilities reliable reliably reliance reliant relied relies relocate relocated relocates