[地质]断层作用
[电工]故障

[ noun ]
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
<noun.object>
they built it right over a geological faulthe studied the faulting of the earth's crust

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.


Faulting \Fault"ing\, n. (Geol.)
The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which
a fault is produced.