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Faulting Moderate

Faulting has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"they built it right over a geological fault"

"he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

2

Formation of a geological fault.

Verb
1

present participle of fault

See Also
fault underdrag
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
crack
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
inclined fault strike-slip fault
Rhyming Words
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