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infant mortality

in·fant mor·tal·i·ty
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-fuh nt mawr-tal-i-tee]
    • /ˈɪn fənt mɔrˈtæl ɪ ti/
    • /ˈɪn.fənt mɔːˈtæl.ə.ti/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-fuh nt mawr-tal-i-tee]
    • /ˈɪn fənt mɔrˈtæl ɪ ti/

Definitions of infant mortality words

  • noun infant mortality death during infancy 1
  • noun Definition of infant mortality in Technology (hardware)   It is common lore among hackers (and in the electronics industry at large) that the chances of sudden hardware failure drop off exponentially with a machine's time since first use (that is, until the relatively distant time at which enough mechanical wear in I/O devices and thermal-cycling stress in components has accumulated for the machine to start going senile). Up to half of all chip and wire failures happen within a new system's first few weeks; such failures are often referred to as "infant mortality" problems (or, occasionally, as "sudden infant death syndrome"). See bathtub curve, burn-in period. 1
  • noun infant mortality deaths among infants 0
  • noun infant mortality the occurrence of death of very young children under one year old. 0
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infant mortality popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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