fault
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3.2
- noun
- /fɔlt/
- Before releasing the product, the company conducted tests to find any faults in its design.
- electrical fault
- faults in the system
- hardware fault
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Examples
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Quality Premise #16: Recognizes that most failures are attributable to faults in the system
Academic text (1992) -
One of my own Moonrakers developed a fault during assembly.
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At first I thought this was just a fault in the film.
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At first, I thought this was just a fault in the film.
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Was it a mechanical fault or was it this?
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This is brand new, so this is a fault out-of-the-box.
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Or are there faults in the search process that could result in missing relevant research?
Academic text (2012) -
An electrical fault, perhaps?
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When the transfer completes or an unrecoverable fault is encountered, the user is notified via email.
Academic text (2012) -
The engineer identified a serious fault in the wiring that caused the system to fail.
Synonyms
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3.3
Loss of the ability to work, especially of an organ or machine
150
3.4
A fault that makes something less useful or valuable
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2.8
An error in a computer program that makes it not work correctly
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1.9
A small fault in an object or machine that makes it less useful
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3.4
A machine or device that stops working when you need it
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5.8
To stop working correctly for a short time in a device or program
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3.6
A problem in a computer program that makes it give wrong results
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6.8
A wrong setup of a computer system or device that causes problems
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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4.3
A system where each driver's own plan pays for their crash costs no matter who caused it
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5.6
Car insurance where each driver gets money from their own insurance company after a crash, no matter who caused it
- Specialized
1
7.4
A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally
- Specialized
1
7.0
A sloping break in the Earth's crust where the upper side moves down past the lower side
- Specialized
1
8.3
A break in rock where one side moves up when the land is pushed together
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9.6
A break in rock where strong sideways force pushes one rock layer up and over another
- Specialized
A sloping break in rock where the upper block moves down because of its weight
How Defective
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fault comes from Old French faute, from a Latin verb that meant 'to fail', like the English word fail. So when a machine has a fault, it is a place where it has 'failed' to work, which is why we call a defect a fault.