fault (noun)
61fault — I. noun Etymology: Middle English faute, falte, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, from feminine of fallitus, past participle of Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint Date: 13th century 1. obsolete lack 2. a. weakness, failing;… …
62step fault — noun : distributive fault * * * step fault noun (geology) One of a series of parallel faults throwing in the same direction • • • Main Entry: ↑step * * * step fault, 1. one of a series of small, nearly parallel faults by which strata have been… …
63fault*/*/ — [fɔːlt] noun I 1) [C/U] the fact of being responsible for a bad or unpleasant situation The teacher was at fault for not telling the child s parents.[/ex] It s my fault – I forgot to give him the message.[/ex] If you didn t get enough sleep, it s …
64fault — /fɔlt / (say fawlt), /fɒlt / (say folt) noun 1. a defect or imperfection; a flaw; a failing. 2. an error or mistake. 3. a misdeed or transgression. 4. Sport an infringement of the rules which results in a warning or a penalty. 5. delinquency;… …
65fault — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. failing, shortcoming, peccadillo; flaw, blemish, defect, imperfection; error, slip, inadvertency; sin, [venial] sin, [minor] vice. See guilt, failure. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An imperfection] Syn. flaw …
66fault — {{11}}fault (n.) late 13c., faute, deficiency, from O.Fr. faute (12c.) opening, gap; failure, flaw, blemish; lack, deficiency, from V.L. *fallita a shortcoming, falling, noun use of fem. pp., from L. falsus deceptive, feigned, spurious, pp. of… …
67fault — 1. noun 1) he has his faults Syn: defect, failing, imperfection, flaw, blemish, shortcoming, weakness, vice 2) engineers have located the fault Syn: defect, flaw, imperfection …
68fault-finding — ♦ n criticism, grumbling, complaining, complaint, carping, quibbling, cavilling, nagging, niggling, hypercriticism FORMAL ultracrepidation COLLOQ. finger pointing, hair splitting, nit picking ≠ praise ♦ adj critical, grumbling, nagging, captious …
69fault-tolerant — adjective Date: 1975 relating to or being a computer or program with a self contained backup system that allows continued operation when major components fail • fault tolerance noun …
70fault — 1. noun /fɔːlt,fɒlt,fɔlt,fɑlt/ a) A defect; something that detracts from perfection. b) A mistake or error. 2. verb /fɔːlt,fɒlt,fɔlt,fɑlt/ a) To …
