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fault line

1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Also called fault plane Geology the surface of a fault fracture along which the rocks have been displaced

2. a potentially disruptive division or area of contention Europe remains the main fault line in the Tory Party

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

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

line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

faulting, geological fault, fracture, break, fault, shift - (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"

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fault line (redirected from Fault (geology))

fault line
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