plural of failure

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of fail

plural of failover

(rail transport, road transport) A measure of reliability that expresses the average distance travelled by a type of lorry, bus, rolling stock, etc, before preventative or reparative maintenance is required.

The frequency with which an engineered system or component fails, expressed for example in failures per hour.

(geology) An effect of seismic activity, such as an earthquake, where the ground becomes very soft, due to the shaking, and acts like a liquid, causing landslides, spreading, and settling.

(medicine) A syndrome marked by weakness, edema and shortness of breath, due to the inability of the heart to circulate the blood adequately to the lungs and other tissues.

plural of congestive heart failure

Failproof.

Resistant to failure; that cannot go wrong.