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  • 21fault — /fɔlt / (say fawlt), /fɒlt / (say folt) noun 1. a defect or imperfection; a flaw; a failing. 2. an error or mistake. 3. a misdeed or transgression. 4. Sport an infringement of the rules which results in a warning or a penalty. 5. delinquency;… …

  • 22fault line — noun Date: 1869 something resembling a fault ; split, rift < a major conceptual fault line in foreign policy Morton Kondracke > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23fault line —    The trace of a fault plane on the ground surface or on a reference plane.    Compare: fault line scarp.    GG …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 24fault zone —    A fault that is expressed as a zone of numerous small fractures or of breccia or fault gouge. A fault zone may be as wide as hundreds of meters.    Compare: fault, fault line scarp.    GG …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 25fault-line valley — noun also fault valley : a valley that follows a fault line …

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  • 26line — line1 W1S1 [laın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(on paper/on the ground)¦ 2¦(between two areas)¦ 3¦(of people/things)¦ 4¦(direction)¦ 5¦(on your face)¦ 6¦(phone)¦ 7¦(for trains)¦ 8¦(between two types of thing)¦ 9¦(shape/edge)¦ 10¦(w …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27line — 1 noun LONG THIN MARK 1 (C) a long thin, usually continuous mark on a surface: A wiggly line showed where the river was. | straight line: Can you draw a straight line? | dotted line (=a broken straight line drawn or printed on paper): Sign your&#8230; …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28Fault trace — A fault trace is the intersection of a geological fault with the ground surface, leaving a visible mark. The term also applies to a line plotted on a geological map to represent a fault.ource* [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/glossary.php?term&#8230; …

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  • 29fault line — noun a) The line formed by the intersection of the plane of a fault with the surface of the Earth b) A minor split (in public opinion etc) that may develop into something larger …

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  • 30fault trace — noun A line drawn on a map to represent the position of a fault line …

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