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English noun: geological fault | |||
| 1. | geological fault (object) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | ||
| Samples | They built it right over a geological fault. He studied the faulting of the earth's crust. | ||
| Synonyms | break, fault, faulting, fracture, shift | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | inclined fault, strike-slip fault | ||
| Instance hyponym | Denali Fault, San Andreas Fault | ||
| Part holonym | fault line | ||
| Domain category | geology | ||
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