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GRAVITY FAULT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gravity fault mean?
• GRAVITY FAULT (noun)
The noun GRAVITY FAULT has 1 sense:
1. an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
Familiarity information: GRAVITY FAULT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
common fault; gravity fault; normal fault
Hypernyms ("gravity fault" is a kind of...):
inclined fault (a geological fault in which one side is above the other)
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