9. Glossary
Défaillance; failure
Loss of an asset's ability to perform a required function.
Degradation; degradation
Adverse change in physical condition, with time, use or due to an external cause.
Maintenance; maintenance
All the technical, administrative and management actions during the life cycle of an asset, designed to maintain or restore it to a state in which it can perform the required function.
Conditional preventive maintenance; condition-based maintenance
Preventive maintenance, which includes assessment of physical conditions, analysis and any ensuing maintenance actions.
Prescriptive preventive maintenance; prescriptive maintenance
Non-standardized approach based...
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