FAULT LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fault line mean? 

• FAULT LINE (noun)
  The noun FAULT LINE has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAULT LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

Domain category:

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

Holonyms ("fault line" is a part of...):

break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift ((geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other)