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Physical, chemical, or other process that leads to failure.

The pump in Example 2.5 may, for example, fail due to the failure mechanisms corrosion, erosion, and/or fatigue. Failure may also occur due to causes that are not failure mechanisms. Among such causes are operational errors, inadequate maintenance, overloading, and so on.