fault
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3.2
- noun
- /fɔlt/
:
fallo
- Before releasing the product, the company conducted tests to find any faults in its design.
- electrical fault
- faults in the system
- hardware fault
So I'm going to put the fault up here.
- So I'm going to put the fault up here.
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
396
3.3
Loss of the ability to work, especially of an organ or machine
211
2.8
An error in a computer program that makes it not work correctly
150
3.4
A fault that makes something less useful or valuable
73
1.9
A small fault in an object or machine that makes it less useful
3
5.8
To stop working correctly for a short time in a device or program
3
3.4
A machine or device that stops working when you need it
1
3.6
A problem in a computer program that makes it give wrong results
1
6.8
A wrong setup of a computer system or device that causes problems
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.3
A system where each driver's own plan pays for their crash costs no matter who caused it
- Specialized
1
7.0
A sloping break in the Earth's crust where the upper side moves down past the lower side
- Specialized
A sloping break in rock where the upper block moves down because of its weight
- Specialized
Car insurance where each driver gets money from their own insurance company after a crash, no matter who caused it
- Specialized
A break in rock where one side moves up when the land is pushed together
- Specialized
A break in rock where strong sideways force pushes one rock layer up and over another
- Specialized
A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally
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.