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Synonyms for faulting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : fawlt
Phonetic Transcription : fɔlt

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Définition of faulting

Origin :
  • late 13c., faute, "deficiency," from Old French faute (12c.) "opening, gap; failure, flaw, blemish; lack, deficiency," from Vulgar Latin *fallita "a shortcoming, falling," noun use of fem. past participle, from Latin falsus "deceptive, feigned, spurious," past participle of fallere "deceive, disappoint" (see fail).
  • The -l- was restored 16c., probably in imitation of Latin, but was not pronounced till 18c. Sense of "physical defect" is from early 14c.; that of "moral culpability" is first recorded late 14c. Geological sense is from 1796. The use in tennis (c.1600) is closer to the etymological sense.
  • As in shift : verb switch, fluctuate
  • As in depreciate : verb belittle, ridicule
  • As in fail : verb abandon, forsake
Example sentences :
  • Are you so sure that what you are faulting is not the manner and the way of a world you have not seen?
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • The foibles of their youth are still to be traced in faulting and non-conformity.
  • Extract from : « In the Open » by Stanton Davis Kirkham
  • The valley itself has been produced by a combination of faulting and erosion.
  • Extract from : « Geology » by William J. Miller
  • Most fault scarps have been modified by erosion since the faulting.
  • Extract from : « Geology » by William J. Miller
  • It is a region of quiescence or of faulting, but not of folding.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 » by Various
  • The depression is probably a “Graben” or trough formed by faulting.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 » by Various
  • Faulting, however, is by no means absent, and some of the faults are of considerable magnitude.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 » by Various
  • The Ouachita Mountains are characterized by close folding and faulting.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 » by Various
  • Some faulting is shown in the vicinity of various manganese deposits and may have influenced the localization of the deposits.
  • Extract from : « The History of Cuba, vol. 5 » by Willis Fletcher Johnson
  • Most faulting along spreading zones is normal, along subduction zones is thrust, and along transform faults is strike-slip.
  • Extract from : « Earthquakes » by Kaye M. Shedlock

Antonyms for faulting

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