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SAN ANDREAS FAULT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does San Andreas Fault mean?
• SAN ANDREAS FAULT (noun)
The noun SAN ANDREAS FAULT has 1 sense:
1. a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes
Familiarity information: SAN ANDREAS FAULT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift ((geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other)
Holonyms ("San Andreas Fault" is a part of...):
CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)
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