Reliability

re·li·a·ble  (r-l-bl)

adj.

1. Capable of being relied on; dependable: a reliable assistant; a reliable car.

2. Yielding the same or compatible results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials.

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re·lia·bili·ty, re·lia·ble·ness n.

re·lia·bly adv.

Synonyms: reliable, dependable, responsible, trustworthy, trusty
These adjectives mean worthy of reliance or trust: a reliable source of information; a dependable worker; a responsible babysitter; a trustworthy report; a trusty alarm.

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Reliability/Unreliability 

See Also: FIRMNESS, STEADINESS

1. (I found the almond trees as) dependable as the swallows of Capistrano, announcing another spring —Wallace Stegner
2. As reliable as the day following the night —Dorothea Straus
3. [A collection of art works] as spotty as a Dalmation and not half as beautiful —Manuela Hoelterhoff, on the new Wallace wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wall Street Journal, March 17, 1987
4. Consistent and productive as machines —Gay Gaer Luce
5. Dealing with Owen Roe was like walking across a bog. You never knew when the ground might give way under your feet —Julia O’Faolain
6. Dependable as a floating crap game —Harry Prince
7. Dependable as clockwork … —Anon
8. Dependable as daylight —Beryl Markham
9. A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last —Joseph Fort
10. Duty without responsibility is like pomp without power —Edward, Duke of Windsor
11. Fickle as a changeful dream —Sir Walter Scott
12. It [buying a house] was like joining a church because it committed me to spending every weekend I could get … to working on the place —George V. Higgins
13. (You’ve got) no more responsibility than a one-eyed jack rabbit —Elmer Kelton
14. Reliability’s like a string we can only see the middle of —William McFee
15. (About as) reliable as a Pravda editorial —Joseph Wambaugh
16. Reliable as a salary —Frank R. Stockton
17. Reliable as crystal balls, goat innards, and prayer —Harold Adams
18. Reliable as he was eccentric —Mark Twain
19. Reliable as reading tea leaves or the bumps on one’s head —Peter J. Bonacich, letter to editor of Discover, April, 1986
20. Responsibility rested upon him as lightly as the freckles on his nose —Alice Caldwell Hegan
21. Solid as tombstones —Helen Hudson
22. Wore, like a garment, an air of wholesome reliability —Mazo De La Roche
23. Would always be there … like some familiar landmark —Barbara Pym, The Sweet Dove Died

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The ability of an item to perform a required function under stated conditions for a specified period of time.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

reliability - the quality of being dependable or reliable dependability, dependableness, reliableness responsibleness, responsibility - a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility" solidity, solidness - the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally; "the solidity of the evidence worked in his favor"; "the solidness of her faith gave her enduring hope" infallibility - the quality of never making an error duplicability, reproducibility - the quality of being reproducible undependability, undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness - the trait of not being dependable or reliable

Translations

reliability [rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N

1. (= dependability) [of person, firm] → seriedad f, formalidad f; [of car, method] → fiabilidad f
they have a reputation for good service and reliability → tienen fama de dar un buen servicio y ser formales

2. (= trustworthiness) [of facts] → verosimilitud f; [of information, figures, account] → fiabilidad f
we have doubts about the reliability of the results → dudamos de la fiabilidad de los resultados

reliability [rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti] n

[employee, company] → sérieux m

[car, machine] → fiabilité f

reliability

n → Zuverlässigkeit f; (of person also) → Verlässlichkeit f; (of firm, company) → Seriosität f, → Vertrauenswürdigkeit f

reliability [rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n (see adj) → attendibilità, affidabilità, capacità, sicurezza; (of person) → serietà