ಅರ್ಥ : (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.
						 
						 
					
							ಉದಾಹರಣೆ : 
							They built it right over a geological fault.
							He studied the faulting of the earth's crust.
							
					
							ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : 
							break, fault, fracture, geological fault, shift