 ##  [Failure Modes and Effects Analysis](/index.php/failure-modes-and-effects-analysis) 

  ##  [Failure Modes and Effects Analysis](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/failure-modes-and-effects-analysis-0) 

  
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**Engineering &amp; Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 
Definition

A systematic, component-level method for identifying potential failure modes, their causes and effects on system performance, and for prioritizing corrective or preventive actions based on severity, occurrence and detectability indices or equivalent risk criteria.