mistake error fault | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention, he made a bad mistake, she was quick to point out my errors, I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults |
double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
fault | (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area), he served too many double faults |
fault | responsibility for a bad situation or event, it was John's fault |
demerit fault | the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection, they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel, he knew his own faults much better than she did |
principal axis optic axis | a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted, in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly |
fault | (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.), it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it |
main diagonal principal diagonal | the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry |
fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface |
Denali Fault | a major open geological fault in Alaska |
fault faulting geological fault shift fracture break | (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 |
inclined fault | a geological fault in which one side is above the other |
normal fault gravity fault common fault | an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall |
San Andreas Fault | a major geological fault in California, runs from San Diego to San Francisco, the source of serious earthquakes |
strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally |
thrust fault overthrust fault reverse fault | a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression |
principal dealer | the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange, buys and sells for his own account |
principal school principal head teacher head | the educator who has executive authority for a school, she sent unruly pupils to see the principal |
principal | (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement |
principal investigator PI | the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project |
star principal lead | an actor who plays a principal role |
no fault insurance no fault automobile insurance | a system of automobile insurance where a party who is injured in an automobile accident recovers damages up to a specific amount against his own insurance company regardless of who was responsible for the accident, the amount of litigation resulting from minor accidents is reduced by no fault insurance |
principal corpus principal sum | capital as contrasted with the income derived from it |
principal | the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated |
defect fault flaw | an imperfection in an object or machine, a flaw caused the crystal to shatter, if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer |
blame fault | put or pin the blame on |
blame find fault a pick | harass with constant criticism, Don't always pick on your little brother |
chief(a) main(a) primary(a) principal(a) master(a) | most important element, the chief aim of living, the main doors were of solid glass, the principal rivers of America, the principal example, policemen were primary targets, the master bedroom, a master switch |
at fault | deserving blame, admitted to being at fault |
excessively overly to a fault too | to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits, too big |