fault (noun)
1fault — noun 1 responsibility for sth wrong ADJECTIVE ▪ stupid ▪ It s his own stupid fault his car was stolen he should have kept it locked. ▪ entire ▪ It was my entire fault. I ruined everything. FAULT + VERB …
2fault — ► NOUN 1) an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature; a defect or mistake. 2) responsibility for an accident or misfortune. 3) (in tennis) a service that infringes the rules. 4) Geology an extended break in a rock formation, marked by the relative …
3fault — n [Anglo French faute lack, failing, ultimately from Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint] 1: a usu. intentional act forbidden by law; also: a usu. intentional omission to do something (as to exercise due care) required by law see also negligence …
4fault line — noun (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth s surface • Topics: ↑geology • Hypernyms: ↑line • Part Holonyms: ↑fault, ↑faulting, ↑geological fault …
5fault — [fɔːlt ǁ fɒːlt] noun [countable] 1. MANUFACTURING something that is wrong with a machine, system etc that prevents it from working correctly: fault in • Soviet engineers identified 32 design faults in the reactor, any of which could have led to… …
6fault tolerance — fault tolerant ˈfault ˌtolerant adjective COMPUTING fault tolerant computer/machine a computer that continues working even if it has a fault or when there is a fault in a program fault tolerance noun [uncountable] * * * fault tolerant UK US… …
7fault plane — noun : a fault surface that is not notably curved * * * Geol. See under fault (def. 6). [1885 90] * * * fault plane noun (geology) A usu uncurved surface of rock strata where a fault has occurred • • • Main Entry: ↑fault * * * fault …
8fault-tolerant — ˈfault ˌtolerant adjective COMPUTING fault tolerant computer/machine a computer that continues working even if it has a fault or when there is a fault in a program fault tolerance noun [uncountable] …
9fault breccia — noun or fault rubble : a rock composed of angular fragments that have resulted from movement along a fault : crush breccia * * * Geol. angular rock fragments produced by fracture and grinding during faulting and distributed within or adjacent to… …
10fault´i|ness — fault|y «FL tee», adjective, fault|i|er, fault|i|est. 1. having faults; containing blemishes or errors; wrong; imperfect; defective: » …
