faulting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: faulting	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for faulting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faulting n (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" Synonym(s): fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] For that I will not fault thee. --Old Song. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faulting \Fault"ing\, n. (Geol.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.