0 the quality of being able to be trusted or believed because of working or behaving well:
Rolls-Royce cars are famous for their quality and reliability.
The entire office is dependent on her reliability and competence.
1 how well a machine, piece of equipment, or system works:
Consumers complained about a variety of problems, including call charges and poor network reliability.
reliability of sth While design is important, the reliability of the company's products is far more valuable to most users.
German vehicle manufacturers have built up a reputation for reliability.
accuracy/quality/safety and reliability Consumers who avoided particular brands cited concerns about quality and reliability.
improve/increase reliability Manufacturers are looking at ways of improving the car's reliability.
2 how accurate or able to be trusted someone or something is considered to be:
Competence and reliability are prerequisites for any job.
Public confidence in the reliability of a company's financial statements depends on investors perceiving the company's auditors as being independent from the company.
reliability of information/data We have made significant improvements in the reliability of the information held on our database.
We aim to further improve the reliability of the electric power grid.
Some experts have questioned the reliability of the test.
There are issues with punctuality and reliability of bus services across the region.
Reliability between reviewers (regarding the decision to include or exclude an article) was calculated using kappa statistics.
Two hundred and ninety-seven people took part in the validity and reliability tests of the questionnaire.
Interviewers and observers were thoroughly trained prior to collecting data, and ongoing recalibration meetings were held to promote measurement fidelity and reliability.
Point-to-point intra-rater and inter-rater reliability (by a person trained in phonetics) checks on initial consonants were conducted on 10 % of the data.
In order to enhance the reliability of the classification of self-corrections, retrospective verbal reports were also collected.
