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Fault
[power engineering] In an electric power system, a fault is any abnormal flow of electric current. For example, a short circuit is a fault in which current flow bypasses the normal load. An open-circuit fault occurs if a circuit is interrupted by some failure. In three-phase systems, a fault...
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Fault
[technology] In document ISO/CD 10303-226, a fault is defined as an abnormal condition or defect at the component, equipment, or sub-system level which may lead to a failure. According to the Federal Standard 1037C of the United States, the term fault has the following meanings: Failures in ...
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Fault
[dog] The term fault is used in animal breed standards to describe an aspect of appearance or temperament that is considered detrimental to the breed type of the animal`s breed. In dogs, faults have to do with the externally observable qualities of the dog such as appearance, movement, and t...
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fault
A crack or break in the crust of a planet along which slippage or movement can take place.
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fault
n. (v.) A fracture, or large crack, in the Earth's crust where one side moves up/down/sideways relative to the other; fault block- n. pieces of crust that have slipped into or alongside a fault; fault zone- n. an area with multiple faults.
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Fault
A fracture in rock along which there has been an observable amount of displacement. Faults are rarely single planar units; normally they occur as parallel to sub-parallel sets of planes along which movement has taken place to a greater or lesser extent. Such sets are called fault or fracture-zones.
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Fault
A break in the Earth along which movement occurs. Sudden movement along a fault produces earthquakes. Slow movement produces aseismic creep.
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fault
a rock fracture with a lateral displacement of the rocks on one side of the break with respect to those on the other side. The locus of fracture, commonly a zone up to several meters thick, is generally called a fault zone.
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fault
A manifestation of an error in software. A fault, if encountered may cause a failure. [dob]
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Fault
A discontinuity over which there has been displacement of rock strata. See Reverse Fault, Normal Fault and Strike-Slip Fault. There are many terms associated with faults.
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fault
[n] - (geology) a crack in the earth`s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other 2. [n] - (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.) 3. [n] - responsibility f...
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Fault
Break in the rocks resulting in displacement either side.
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Fault
is a surface along which rock has been fractured and displaced.
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fault
a break in subsurface strata. Often strata on one side of the fault line have been displaced (upward, downward, or laterally) relative to their original positions.
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Fault
An unpleasant characateristic of wine resulting from a flaw with the winemaking process or storage conditions.
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Fault
a fracture in rocks with movement of the rock layers on either side. Faulting is caused by movement in the Earth's crust that creates stress and tension. The photograph below shows layers of rock that have been offset along a fault.
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fault
a break in the earth's crust where there has been displacement of one side relative to the other. Sometimes a layer of non-porous rock may be next to an oil-bearing porous interval along a fault and form a trap for the oil;
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Fault
discrete planar rock fracture, which shows evidence of a displacement. A fault is a discrete surface.
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Fault
Fault noun [ Middle English faut , faute , French faute (cf. Italian , Spanish , & Portuguese falta ), from a verb meaning to want , fail , freq., from Latin fallere to deceive. See Fail , and c...
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Fault
Fault transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Faulted ; present participle & verbal noun Faulting .] 1. To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame. [ Obso...
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Fault
Fault intransitive verb To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong. [ Obsolete] « If after Samuel's death the people had asked of God a king, they had not faulted .» Latimer.
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Fault
Fault noun 1. (Electricity) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit. 2. (Geol. & Mining) A dis...
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fault
1. Defect; want; lack; default. 'One, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend.' (Shak) ... 2. Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish. 'As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault.' (Shak) ... 3. A...
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fault
noun (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); `it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it`
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fault
faulting noun (geology) a crack in the earth`s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; `they built it right over a geological fault`; `he studied the faulting of the ...
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