fault tree

noun

A diagram for the purpose of top-down, deductive failure analysis, in which an undesired state of a system is studied using Boolean logic.

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Meanings

nounfault tree (plural fault trees)

plural fault trees

  1. A diagram for the purpose of top-down, deductive failure analysis, in which an undesired state of a system is studied using Boolean logic.
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