Formation of a geological fault.

simple past tense and past participle of fault

plural of faulting

Alternative form of no-fault

(geology) A line drawn on a map to represent the position of a fault line.

(geology) A fault that does not slip due to high friction. Such faults accumulate stress which is finally released as an earthquake.

(geology) The 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.

(geology) A strike-slip fault that shows left lateral movement.

(computing) An alert (such as an interrupt or exception) indicating that a page of memory was accessed without being loaded.

(geology) A type of reverse fault in which the angle that the hanging wall makes with the horizontal is less than 45 degrees.