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Noun: geological fault
  1. (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";
    - fault, faulting, shift, fracture, break

Derived forms: geological faults

Type of: cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure

Encyclopedia: Geological fault

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