FAULT LINE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("fault line" is a kind of...):

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Holonyms ("fault line" is a part of...):

break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift ((geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other)