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GRAVITY FAULT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gravity fault mean? 

GRAVITY FAULT (noun)
  The noun GRAVITY FAULT has 1 sense:

1. an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwallplay

  Familiarity information: GRAVITY FAULT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRAVITY FAULT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

common fault; gravity fault; normal fault

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

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


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