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 |
localization localisation location locating fix | a determination of the place where something is, he got a good fix on the target |
fault | (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area), he served too many double faults |
placement location locating position positioning emplacement | the act of putting something in a certain place |
fault | responsibility for a bad situation or event, it was John's fault |
manner mode style way fashion | how something is done or how it happens, her dignified manner, his rapid manner of talking, their nomadic mode of existence, in the characteristic New York style, a lonely way of life, in an abrasive fashion |
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 |
mode modal value | the most frequent value of a random variable |
asynchronous transfer mode ATM | a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds, suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data, ATM is used for both LAN and WAN |
ecclesiastical mode Gregorian mode church mode medieval mode | any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until , derived historically from the Greek mode |
Greek mode | any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece |
mode musical mode | any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave |
major key major mode | a key whose harmony is based on the major scale |
minor key minor mode | a key based on the minor scale |
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 |
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 |
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 |
mood mode modality | verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker |
modality mode | a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility |
mode | a particular functioning condition or arrangement, switched from keyboard to voice mode |
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 |
latest a la mode(p) in style(p) in vogue(p) modish | in the current fashion or style |
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 |
a la mode | with ice cream on top or on the side, we served the apple pie a la mode |