Brazilian Portugese Meaning of fault

falha

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Definitions and Meaning of fault in English

Wordnet

fault (n)

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

an imperfection in an object or machine

the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)

responsibility for a bad situation or event

(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)

Wordnet

fault (v)

put or pin the blame on

Webster

fault (n.)

Defect; want; lack; default.

Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.

A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.

A dislocation of the strata of the vein.

In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.

A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.

A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit.

A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping.

Webster

fault (v. t.)

To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.

To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.

Webster

fault (v. i.)

To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.

FAQs About the word fault

falha

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention, an imperfection in an object or machine, the quality of being inadequate or falling sho

deficiência,falhando,deficiência,Pecado,fraqueza,Demérito,mal,Defeito,fraqueza,fragilidade

mérito,virtude,excelência,bondade,integridade,moralidade,perfeição,retidão,justiça

faule => falta, fauld => cercado, faulchion => Falchão, faugh => foge, faucial tonsil => Amígdala palatina,