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HANGING WALL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The upper wall of an inclined fault
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("hanging wall" is a kind of...):
wall (anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect)
Holonyms ("hanging wall" is a part of...):
inclined fault (a geological fault in which one side is above the other)
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