English noun: faulting | |||
1. | faulting (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, fracture, geological fault, 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 | ||