fault line
noun Geology.
the intersection of a fault with the surface of the earth or other plane of reference.
Words nearby fault line
faulkner, william, faulknerian, fault, fault block, fault breccia, fault line, fault plane, fault scarp, fault tree, fault zone, fault-finding
Origin of fault line
First recorded in 1865–70
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Examples from the Web for fault line
There is, moreover, evidence of actual compression of the earth's crust at right angles to the fault-line.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes|Charles Davison
British Dictionary definitions for fault line
fault line
noun
Also called: fault plane geology the surface of a fault fracture along which the rocks have been displaced
a potentially disruptive division or area of contentionEurope remains the main fault line in the Tory Party
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