subfault
subfault noun: a subsidiary fault.
Noun
subfault (plural subfaults)
- A subsidiary fault
- We present an approach to defining a probability distribution based on subdividing the fault geometry into many subfaults and prescribing a desired covariance matrix relating slip on one subfault to slip on any other subfault.2016, Randall J. LeVeque, Knut Waagan, Frank I. González, Donsub Rim, Guang Lin, “Generating Random Earthquake Events for PTHA”, in arXiv
Forms of subfault
| plural | subfaults |
|---|
Origin of subfault
From sub- + fault.
Questions about subfault
- What does subfault mean?
- Subfault means a subsidiary fault.
- What part of speech is subfault?
- Subfault is a noun.
- What is the plural of subfault?
- The plural of subfault is subfaults.
Words near subfault in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subfault (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “subfault.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/subfault. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.