'Faulting' definitions:
Definition of 'faulting'
(from WordNet)
noun
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" [syn: fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break]
Definition of 'Faulting'
From: GCIDE
- Fault \Fault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Faulting.]
- 1. To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- For that I will not fault thee. --Old Song. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geol.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Faulting'
From: GCIDE
- Faulting \Fault"ing\, n. (Geol.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Faulting'
- At fault,
- Fault,
- Faulted,
- Faultful,
- to a fault,
- To find fault,
- To find fault with,
- common fault,
- cross faults,
- denali fault,
- dip fault,
- distributive faults,
- double fault,
- fault line,
- fault plane,
- find fault,
- geological fault,
- gravity fault,
- horizontal fault,
- inclined fault,
- no fault insurance,
- normal fault,
- oblique fault,
- overthrust fault,
- reverse fault,
- reversed fault,
- step faults,
- strike fault,
- thrust fault,
- vertical fault,
- Fault-finder,
- Fault-finding,
- Pick-fault,
- no fault automobile insurance,
- san andreas fault,
- strike-slip fault,
- To lay a fault misfortune etc at one's door