ACTIVE FAULT

  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

ACTIVE FAULT

Specialty Definition: ACTIVE FAULT

DomainDefinition

Geological

A fault that is likely to have another earthquake sometime in the future. Faults are commonly considered to be active if they have moved one or more times in the last 10,000 years. (references)

Mining

One liable to further movement. CF:passive fault. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: ACTIVE FAULT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

active fault

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translation: ACTIVE FAULT

Language Translations for "ACTIVE FAULT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

faille potentiellement active (potentially active fault). (various references)

   

German

  

aktiver Fehler. (various references)

   

Italian

  

faglia potenzialmente attiva (potentially active fault). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

活断層 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かつ "そう. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

activeay aultfay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Anagrams: ACTIVE FAULT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: facultative.

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-f-i-l-t-t-u-v"

-2 letters: cavaletti, cultivate.

-3 letters: activate, califate, cavitate.

-4 letters: actuate, cattail, cavetti, clavate, cuittle, factual, faculae, falcate, faucial, lactate, lattice, tactful, tactile, tactual, valuate, vatical, victual.

-5 letters: acetal, active, actual, acuate, aculei, aecial, atavic, atelic, aviate, cattie, cattle, caveat, cutlet, cuttle, eluvia, facial, facile, facula, faecal, faucal, faucet, favela, fecial, fecula, fetial, futile, luetic, tectal, vacate.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-f-i-l-t-t-u-v"
 

+2 letters: facultatively.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     



INDEX

1. Expressions: Internet
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.