Phrase Hound found 62 phrases and 33 compound words that contain fault. The most common are listed below. Open fault in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 62
- fault toleranceProperty that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components.
- segmentation faultA software error that occurs when a program attempts to access a memory location that it is not permitted to access.
- find faultTo criticize something excessively.
- page faultAn alert (such as an interrupt or exception) indicating that a page of memory was accessed without being loaded.
- double faultThe missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.
- fault-lineAlternative form of fault line.
- foot faultIn certain sports, as in tennis or long jump, a fault in which the athlete's foot is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
- it's not my faultI did not cause the problem.
- San Andreas faultAlternative form of San Andreas Fault.
- fault planeThe plane, or surface formed between the two rock blocks that slip one with the other during an earthquake. The edge of the fault plane can often be seen on the land as a fault line.
- fault injectionA technique for testing a computer system by subjecting it to unusual stresses, such as high voltage or temperature, or the deliberate mutation of software code.
- time faultA penalty given in which a rider does not complete the course in the time allowed that is set by the course designer.
- active faultA geologic fault which has exhibited seismic activity within a geologically recent time period.
- electrical faultA defect that forms from a fault current.
- fault currentAn irregularity in an electric current that leads to an electrical fault.
- fault linesplural of fault line
- fault treeA diagram for the purpose of top-down, deductive failure analysis, in which an undesired state of a system is studied using Boolean logic.
- fault treesplural of fault tree: A diagram for the purpose of top-down, deductive failure analysis, in which an undesired state of a system is studied using Boolean logic.
- normal faultA type of fault in which the footwall moves up relative to the hanging wall.
- reverse faultA type of fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
- triple faultAn exception thrown by the CPU while trying to handle a double fault, typically resulting in immediate rebooting.
- arc faultAn undesired and uncontrolled electric arc from one conductor through the air (or other gas) to a conductor at ground potential or a different voltage phase.
- fault traceA line drawn on a map to represent the position of a fault line.
- transform faultA type of strike-slip fault occurring at the border between two tectonic plates which are sliding horizontally in directions parallel with the fault line.
- fault scarpA step-like feature formed by the slippage of a short section of the surface along a fault line.
Compound words 33
- faultfinderA person who finds fault
- faultfindTo find fault (with)
- faultfulWith faults or sins; not perfect; flawed.
- faultfindingExcessive or petty criticism
- faulterOne who commits a fault.
- faultableCapable of being faulted, or found fault with.
- faultworthyWorthy of fault or blame; blameworthy; fallible.
- subfaultA subsidiary fault
- downfaultA graben (area sunken relative to surrounding land).
- faultageA fault or faults; fractures causing discontinuity.