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NORMAL FAULT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
Synonyms:
common fault; gravity fault; normal fault
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("normal fault" is a kind of...):
inclined fault (a geological fault in which one side is above the other)
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