What does geological fault mean?

geological fault means "(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other".

What is another word for geological fault?

Close synonyms include fault, faulting, shift, fracture, break. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is geological fault a common word?

geological fault is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Geological fault — meaning and 5 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
“they built it right over a geological fault”
“he studied the faulting of the earth's crust”
Synonymsfault faulting shift fracture break
Broadercrack
NarrowerDenali Fault inclined fault San Andreas Fault strike-slip fault
Partsfault line
geology

Questions about geological fault

What does geological fault mean?: geological fault means "(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other".
What is another word for geological fault?: Close synonyms include fault, faulting, shift, fracture, break. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is geological fault a common word?: geological fault is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for geological fault come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
“they built it right over a geological fault”
“he studied the faulting of the earth's crust”
Synonymsfault faulting shift fracture break
Broadercrack
NarrowerDenali Fault inclined fault San Andreas Fault strike-slip fault
Partsfault line
geology

Questions about geological fault

What does geological fault mean?: geological fault means "(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other".
What is another word for geological fault?: Close synonyms include fault, faulting, shift, fracture, break. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is geological fault a common word?: geological fault is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for geological fault come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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