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FOOTWALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does footwall mean?
• FOOTWALL (noun)
The noun FOOTWALL has 1 sense:
1. the lower wall of an inclined fault
Familiarity information: FOOTWALL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lower wall of an inclined fault
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("footwall" is a kind of...):
wall (anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect)
Holonyms ("footwall" is a part of...):
inclined fault (a geological fault in which one side is above the other)
Context examples
A fault in which the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall, in response to extensional stress.
(Normal faulting, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
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