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failure [′fāl·yər]

(engineering)

A permanent change in the volume of a powder or the stresses within it.

(mechanics)

Condition caused by collapse, break, or bending, so that a structure or structural element can no longer fulfill its purpose.

failure

In structural engineering, that condition of a structural element (or its material components) which renders it incapable of continuing the load-carrying function for which it was designed; may be caused by fracture or by excessive and permanent plastic deformation.

Failure

Army Bomb Plot

attempted assassination of Hitler; his miraculous escape brought dreadful retaliation (1944). [Ger. Hist.: Van Doren, 500]

Brown, Charlie

comic strip character for whom losing is a way of life. [Comics: “Peanuts” in Horn, 542–543]

Bunion Derby

financially disastrous cross-country marathon. [Am. Hist.: Sann, 48–56]

Carker, John

broken-spirited man occupying subordinate position. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son]

Edsel

much bruited automobile fails on market (1950s). [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 78]

English, Julian

contentious and unloved salesman; commits suicide in despair. [Am. Lit.: Appointment in Samarra]

Gunpowder Plot

attempt to blow up the Parliament building; led to the execution of its leader, Guy Fawkes (1605). [Brit. Hist.: EB, IV: 70–71]

Little Tramp Chaplin’s

much-loved, much-imitated hapless, “I’m a failure” persona. [Am. Cinema: Griffith, 79]

Loman, Willy

traveling salesman who gradually comes to realize that his life has been a complete failure; commits suicide. [Am. Lit.: The Death of a Salesman, Payton, 397]

Mighty Casey

ignominiously strikes out in the clutch. [Am. Lit.: “Casey at the Bat” in Turkin, 642]

Reardon, Edwin

very promising writer who, after unsuccessful publication, returns to clerical job. [Br. Lit.: New Grub Street, Magill I, 647–649]

Skid Row

district of down-and-outs and bums. [Am. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 1008]

WIN buttons

President Ford’s scheme to reduce inflation: for the American public to wear shields stating “WIN.” (Whip Inflation Now). [Am. Hist.: Misc.]

World League

“ingenious” creation of a third professional league that never materialized. [Am. Sports: Misc.]

Yank

steamship stoker vainly tries to climb the social ladder, then fails in attempt to avenge himself on society. [Am. Drama: O’Neill The Hairy Ape in Sobel, 339]

failure - The inability of a system or system component to perform a required function within specified limits. A failure may be produced when a fault is encountered.

Failure

Failure is a consequence of a change in the parameters of a device or of its parts, resulting from internal physicochemical processes and the effect of the environment.

A distinction is made between sudden failure and gradual failure. Sudden failure is characterized by an abrupt change in the values of one or more fundamental parameters of a device (for example, the burnout of the incandescent filament in an electric lamp); in gradual failure, there is a slow change in the values of one or more fundamental parameters of a device (for example, the decrease of engine power to a level below the rated power). The criteria for failure are established in the technical specifications for a particular item.

As a result of failure, a device may stop operating completely, or its operating efficiency may fall below the permissible level. Failure of an element in a device that is not caused by damage to other elements is called independent failure; failure resulting from damage or the complete failure of other elements is called dependent failure.

V. N. FOMIN

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No references found	His attorney also argued that Nelson, concerned over the child's failure to thrive, had referred Dea Ferguson, who was 1 year old at the time, to specialists who diagnosed a rare zinc deficiency that they said caused the growth problems. PeaceHealth, parents voice their claims as trial opens by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) How many children have symptoms - seizures, developmental delays, failure to thrive, poor coordination, lack of memory - that could be mercury-related in the two Northwestern Ontario communities that were devastated by mercury dumped into the English Wabigoon River system a half century ago. First Nations up in arms over mercury related health conditions among ... by Harries, Kate / Windspeaker Several years ago, Paul was appointed by then Worcester Juvenile Court Judge Luis Perez, to be a baby cuddler for children who had failure to thrive at Memorial Hospital. Paul W. Shapter, 71 by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)	Faier, Iurii Faier, Iurii Fedorovich Faiko, Aleksei Faiko, Aleksei Mikhailovich fail fail soft fail-safe fail-safe system fail-soft system failed hole failed star Failly, Pierre Louis Charles de failover failsafe tape Failure failure by rupture failure horizon failure load failure logging Failure Prediction failure properties Failure Rate Failure to Give Assistance to Persons in Mortal Danger Failure to Render Assistance to the Sick and Injured Failure to Report a Crime failure to thrive Failure, Short Duration failure-directed testing Faina Grigorevna Ranevskaia Faina Ranevskaia Faina Shevchenko Faina Vasilevna Shevchenko Fainsod, Merle faint fainting Faintsimmer, Aleksandr Faintsimmer, Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faiq Warrad Fair fair curves Fair Employment Practices Committee fair game Fair Haven Beach State Park Fair Havens Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area Fair Isle Fair Labor Standards Act Fair Lawn fair line Fair Oaks Fair of St. Mark	failure to make a case failure to meet one’s obligations failure to meet the burden of proof failure to notice Failure to Obey Failure to Obtain Action Failure To Obtain Rating Failure To Pay Failure to Pay Fine failure to pay for work failure to pay on note failure to pay phone bill failure to present sufficient evidence failure to progress failure to progress Failure to release prisoner Failure to Render Assistance to the Sick and Injured Failure To Repair Failure to Report a Crime Failure to Rescue Failure to Return to Battery Failure To Return To Work failure to show in court Failure to state a claim Failure to state a claim Failure to state a claim Failure to state a claim Failure to Stop failure to thrive failure to thrive syndrome failure to thrive syndrome failure to thrive syndrome failure to thrive syndrome Failure to Train failure to understand Failure to Yield Failure To Yield Right Of Way Failure Tolerance/Redundancy Management Failure Tolerant Disk System Failure Tolerant Disk Systems Plus Failure Transition Distance Failure Transition Distance Biasing Failure Tree Analysis Failure Trend Analysis Failure unIT Failure's No Option Failure, Short Duration Failure-Based Maintenance Failure-Censored Accelerated Life Test Failure-Censored Reliability Failure-Data Analysis failure-directed testing Failure-Inducing Thread Failure-Recovery Serialization Graph Failure-Triggering Fault Interaction failures failures failures failures

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His attorney also argued that Nelson, concerned over the child's failure to thrive, had referred Dea Ferguson, who was 1 year old at the time, to specialists who diagnosed a rare zinc deficiency that they said caused the growth problems.

PeaceHealth, parents voice their claims as trial opens by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

How many children have symptoms - seizures, developmental delays, failure to thrive, poor coordination, lack of memory - that could be mercury-related in the two Northwestern Ontario communities that were devastated by mercury dumped into the English Wabigoon River system a half century ago.

First Nations up in arms over mercury related health conditions among ... by Harries, Kate / Windspeaker

Several years ago, Paul was appointed by then Worcester Juvenile Court Judge Luis Perez, to be a baby cuddler for children who had failure to thrive at Memorial Hospital.

Paul W. Shapter, 71 by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

Faier, Iurii

Faier, Iurii Fedorovich

Faiko, Aleksei

Faiko, Aleksei Mikhailovich