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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, adjective

Words nearby strike slip

strike off, strikeout, strikeover, strike pay, striker, strike slip, strike-slip fault, strike the right note, strike through, strike up, Strike while the iron is hot
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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. Shedlock

  • Most faulting along spreading zones is normal, along subduction zones is thrust, and along transform faults is strike-slip.

    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
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