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Characteristic

Property that allows considered units to be assessed or distinguished, e.g. surface roughness, perpendicularity.

Characteristic of a system that is perceived by its value as a property.

Carrier of characteristic: Investigation unit
Characteristic: Considered variable
Characteristic value: Value of the variable”
Glossary Technical terms at a glance

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CAPA Characteristic CIP Coaching Complaint Management Complexity Conformity Considered unit Context diagram Correlation CPK CQRMP Critical characteristic Customer operation Cyber-physical systems

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Decomposing functions Design FMEA Design of Experiments Detection action Diagnostic coverage DIN EN ISO 14971 DMAIC Dormant failure DRBFM

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