strike slip

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noun Geology.

the component of slip on a fault parallel with the linear extension or strike of the fault.

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Nearby words

strike note, strike off, strike out, strike pay, strike plate, strike slip, strike the right note, strike through, strike up, strike while the iron is hot, strike zone

Origin of strike slip

First recorded in 1910–15

Related formsstrike-slip, adjective

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for strike slip

Strike-slip (lateral) faults occur in response to either type of stress; the blocks move horizontally past one another.
Earthquakes|Kaye M. Shedlock
The single line defines a strike-slip fault along which plates are sliding horizontally past one another.
Volcanoes|Robert I. Tilling
Most faulting along spreading zones is normal, along subduction zones is thrust, and along transform faults is strike-slip.
Earthquakes|Kaye M. Shedlock