The word failure we use it recurrently in our everyday language with the mission of referring that defect or lack that something presents and that therefore will make it less useful than it was or will not work directly, which will require a repair if possible or that it be discarded because it cannot be used anymore.
Defect of a device or thing that makes it useless
For example, a pair of pants that is missing part of the boot sleeve clearly has a flaw.
And if, on the other hand, a car does not start its gear, it is because it has a fault in its engine.
Repair the fault or buy a new one
Almost whenever there is a failure, it will be essential that it be fixed, repaired, with the mission of restoring use.
Now, this situation is often not so simple because the device may be very old and spare parts are no longer available, or they are imported, and then their costs are really high to be able to face them, and compared to the price of the new product, it turns out to be more accessible so it is convenient to buy the new one and discard the old one.
Failures are plausible to occur in countless circumstances and contexts and therefore it is a completely familiar concept to people.
If it is a question of equipment failures, a technical professional specialized in repairing them can be resorted to, or failing that when it comes to human failure in an activity, it can be repaired by acting again, although there are many times that the failure causes an irreversible outcome.
In those activities or professions in which human life is at stake, it is very important that the people who perform these tasks do so in a responsible and professional way to avoid any type of inconvenience that results in irreparable failure.
Crack or discontinuity in the ground due to the fracture of rocks in the earth's crust
And in the field of geology, a fault calls that discontinuity that a terrain presents as a result of the fracture of rocks in the earth's crust.
Putting it in simpler terms, a fault is the ground breaking due to geological movement.
Tectonic forces are the causes of the pressure that end up being imposed on the rocks, which give way.
It is worth noting that fault formations are fundamental in the formation of mountains.
Parts and failure classification
A geological fault is made up of three parts: the fault plane (it is a plane along which the blocks that will separate the fault move), fault blocks (these are the portions of rock separated by the plane of the fault), and the displacement (This is the distance that one block and the other have moved).
These cracks are classified as: normal, when they occur in areas where the rocks are separating so that the rocky crust of one area is able to occupy more space, the rocks on one side sink with respect to those on the other side of the fault, the fault generates rocky overhangs.
On the other hand, reverse faults occur in places where rocks are compressed with each other in such a way that the rocky crust of an area occupies less space; thus, the rock on one side of the fault rises with respect to the one on the other side of the fault, it is protruding, not being able to walk on it as it can happen in normal ones.
And the transformation or tear faults, the movement along the crack is horizontal and does not give rise to precipices because the rock blocks do not move up or down in connection with each other.
Women's fashion accessory to cover the head
On the other hand, the fault is a feminine fashion accessory, consisting of a women's head covering, used for both warmth and head adornment.
Among the most used synonyms for this term stands out that of default, which precisely refers a deficiency, an imperfection in the functioning or appearance of something.
Meanwhile, the word that opposes is that of perfection, which implies the absence of a fault or a fault.
When something is perfect nothing will fail, its operation will be flawless.
