GEOLOGICAL FAULT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

Example:

he studied the faulting of the earth's crust

Synonyms:

break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

Meronyms (parts of "geological fault"):

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

Domain category:

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geological fault"):

inclined fault (a geological fault in which one side is above the other)

strike-slip fault (a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally)

Instance hyponyms:

Denali Fault (a major open geological fault in Alaska)

San Andreas Fault (a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes)