Hypernym

crack 1

noun

a long narrow opening

Instance_Hypernym

Denali Fault 1

noun

a major open geological fault in Alaska

San Andreas Fault 1

noun

a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes

Part_meronym

fault line 1

noun

(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface

Domain_of_synset_-_TOPIC

geology 1

noun

a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

shift 6

noundomain: natural obj.

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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

Examples

1.they built it right over a geological fault
2.he studied the faulting of the earth's crust

Synonyms

Hyponym

inclined fault 1

noun

a geological fault in which one side is above the other

strike-slip fault 1

noun

a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally

Instance_Hyponym

Denali Fault 1

noun

a major open geological fault in Alaska

San Andreas Fault 1

noun

a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes

Part_holonym

fault line 1

noun

(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface

Member_of_this_domain_-_TOPIC

geology 1

noun

a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

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