FAULTING

Definitions: FAULTING

FAULTING

Noun

1. The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Fault

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Domain	Definitions
Mining	The process of fracturing and displacement that produces a fault. (references)
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Domain	Title
Books	Aspects of Tectonic Faulting (reference) Extensional Tectonics: Faulting and Fault-Related Processes (Key Issues in Earth Sciences) (reference) Faulting in Brittle Rocks: An Introduction to the Mechanics of Tectonic Faults (reference) Faulting, Friction, and Earthquake Mechanics (Part I) (reference) Friction and Faulting (reference) (more book examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Block Faulting on WapiCraters of the MoonShoshone Field OfficeUSRDUpper Snake River District.Credit: Duane Reynolds.
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"FAULTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 42.11% of the time. "FAULTING" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	42.11%	8	124,375
Noun (singular)	42.11%	8	124,375
Noun (proper)	15.79%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	19	N/A

Expression using "FAULTING": distributive faulting. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "FAULTING": block-faulting.
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Language		Translations for "FAULTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		弄�"� (Faulted). (various references)

Danish		forskyde (change the position, displace, shift, stagger), forkastning (fault, loose rock dump, rift, riprap, rip-rap, rock filling, seismic fault), forkaste, spring (bound, deck sheer, fault, jump, leap, sheer, spring), bevæget brud (fault). (various references)

Dutch		verschuiving (van lagen), breuk (break, breakage, cold break, crevasse, dull fracture, failure, fault, fraction, fracture, hernia, rift, rupture). (various references)

Finnish		siirros (dislocation, fault, translating), murtuma (avulsion, breach, break, failure, fault, fracture, rupture). (various references)

French		formation de failles, faille (faille, fault), faillage. (various references)

German		Verwerfung (bulging, condemnation, discarding, dismissal, distortion, fault, quashing, rejection, rift, warp, warpage, warping), verwerfen (abolish, abort, brush aside, condemn, discard, dismiss, distortion, final rejection, overrule, quash, reject, rejection, reprobate, to overrule, to reprobate, warpage), verschieben (alter, change, change the position, defer, delay, dislodge, displace, hold over, leave over, move, postpone, put back, put off, relocate, relocating, remit, ruck up, scrolls, shift, shunt, slant, stagger, to displace, to relocate, traffic in, translating), Bruch (breach, breaching, break, breakage, breaking, burst, cold break, crack, crevasse, failure, fault, fold, fraction, fracture, fragment, hernia, infringement, lump, piece, quarry, rupture, scrap, split, violation). (various references)

Greek		ρηγμάτωση (crack, cracking, fault, fissure), ρήγμα (breach, breakout, breakthrough, crack, fault, rift, rupture). (various references)

Italian		fagliazione. (various references)

Korean		비난 (Accusation, Blame, Blaming, Condemning, Damning, Reproaching). (various references)

Pig Latin		aultingfay

Portuguese		falha (absence, blister, brack, break, breakdown, defect, degrade, fail, fail place, failed area, failure, fault, fault condition, flaw, hard error, hardware error, imperfection, lack, malfunction, Miss, muff, rift, rub, shortcoming). (various references)

Spanish		falla (bright patch, failure, fault, flaw, rift, shift, void, window). (various references)

Swedish		förkastning (fault, seismic fault). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "FAULTING": defaulting, footfaulting. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"FAULTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: falutin, faluting, faulchins, Faulding, Faustine, frauleins, frauline. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "FAULTING" (pronounced fô"lting)
6	f ô" l t i ng	defaulting.
5	-ô" l t i ng	assaulting, exalting, halting, malting, salting, vaulting.
4	-l t i ng	belting, bolting, catapulting, consulting, insulting, jolting, melting, molting, quilting, resulting, revolting, smelting, somersaulting, tilting, wilting.
3	-t i ng	abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, snorting, soliciting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-f-g-i-l-n-t-u"
	-1 letter: antiflu, fatling, fluting, gainful.
	-2 letters: fating, flaunt, fungal, ingulf, lingua, luting, nilgau, tinful.
	-3 letters: algin, align, fagin, faint, fault, final, fling, flint, flung, fugal, fungi, gault, gaunt, giant, glint, guilt, liang, ligan, linga, lungi, unfit, unlit, until.
	-4 letters: agin, alif, alit, anil, anti, aunt, fail, fain, fang, faun, fiat, fila, flag, flan, flat, flit.
	Words containing the letters "a-f-g-i-l-n-t-u"
	+1 letter: flaunting, sulfating.
	+2 letters: antifungal, defaulting, outfabling, sufflating.
	+3 letters: antifouling, antifungals, centrifugal, fatiguingly, flauntingly, fluctuating, formulating, fulgurating, fulguration, fulminating, highfalutin, outflanking, sulfonating, unfaltering.
	+4 letters: centrifugals, faultfinding, flocculating, fluoridating, fluorinating, footfaulting, fulgurations, infibulating, insufflating, uglification, unflattering.
	+5 letters: centrifugally, confabulating, faultfindings, frustratingly, infuriatingly, reformulating, suffocatingly, uglifications, unfalteringly.
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