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Hanging wall Moderate

Hanging wall has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the upper wall of an inclined fault

2

The section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line (the corresponding lower section being the footwall).

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wall
Rhyming Words
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