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STRIKE-SLIP FAULT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("strike-slip fault" is a kind 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)
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