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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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Origin of strike slip
First recorded in 1910–15
OTHER WORDS FROM strike slip
strike-slip, adjectiveWords nearby strike slip
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How to use strike slip in a sentence
Strike-slip (lateral) faults occur in response to either type of stress; the blocks move horizontally past one another.
Earthquakes|Kaye M. ShedlockMost faulting along spreading zones is normal, along subduction zones is thrust, and along transform faults is strike-slip.
Earthquakes|Kaye M. ShedlockThe single line defines a strike-slip fault along which plates are sliding horizontally past one another.
Volcanoes|Robert I. Tilling