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 |
| current intelligence | intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
| 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 |
tidal flow
tidal current | the water current caused by the tides |
riptide
rip current | a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore |
current
stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes), the raft floated downstream on the current, he felt a stream of air, the hose ejected a stream of water |
| 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 |
escape
leak
leakage
outflow | the discharge of a fluid from some container, they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe, he had to clean up the leak |
stream
flow
current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas, two streams of development run through American history, stream of consciousness, the flow of thought, the current of history |
| 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 |
alternating current
AC
alternating electric current | an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally, In the US most household current is AC atcycles per second |
| current electric current | a flow of electricity through a conductor, the current was measured in amperes |
direct current
DC
direct electric current | an electric current that flows in one direction steadily |
| ocean current | the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction |
| equatorial current | any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator |
| North Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator |
| South Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator |
Japan current
Kuroshio current
Kuroshio | a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean |
Peruvian current
Humboldt current | a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west |
dynamic electricity
current electricity | a flow of electric charge |
| thermionic current | an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission |
wind
air current current of air | air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure, trees bent under the fierce winds, when there is no wind, row, the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere |
red currant
garden current
Ribes rubrum | cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries |
| residual | (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing, he could retire on his residuals |
liquid assets
current assets
quick assets | assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) |
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 |
checking account
chequing account
current account | a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |
| current account | that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments |
| current unit | a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time |
remainder
balance
residual
residue
residuum
rest | something left after other parts have been taken away, there was no remainder, he threw away the rest, he took what he wanted and I got the balance |
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 |
residual soil
residual clay | the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved |
residual oil
resid | oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled |
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 |
| current | occurring in or belonging to the present time, current events, the current topic, current negotiations, current psychoanalytic theories, the ship's current position |
| at fault | deserving blame, admitted to being at fault |
residual
residuary | relating to or indicating a remainder, residual quantity |
excessively
overly
to a fault
too | to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits, too big |