geological fault

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noun

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- they built it right over a geological fault
- he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
• Syn:
fault, faulting, shift, fracture, break
• Derivationally related forms:
break (for: break), fracture (for: fracture)
• Topics:
geology
• Hypernyms:
crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
• Hyponyms:
inclined fault, strike-slip fault
• Instance Hyponyms:
Denali Fault, San Andreas Fault
• Part Meronyms:
fault line