type approval

English

Noun

type approval (countable and uncountable, plural type approvals)

1. The granting of approval to a product that meets a set of safety, technical, and regulatory requirements.
   • 2024 December 27, Pip Dunn, “Network News: Hitachi pushes on with '810' assembly and testing”, in RAIL, number 1025, page 21:

     The type approval process is divided into five-car and ten-car authorisation.