HyperDic: fault_line

English > 1 sense of the expression fault line:
NOUNlocationfault line(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
English > fault line: 1 sense > noun 1, location
Meaning(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface.
CategorygeologyA science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks / rocks
Part offault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
BroaderlineA spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

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