NORMAL FAULT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall

Synonyms:

common fault; gravity fault; normal fault

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("normal fault" is a kind of...):

inclined fault (a geological fault in which one side is above the other)

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