faulting
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(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
Types & categories
- crack hypernym
- inclined fault hyponym
- strike-slip fault hyponym
- Denali Fault instance hyponym
- San Andreas Fault instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- fault line part meronym
Related & opposite
- come apart derivation
- fracture derivation
- geology domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | come apart |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | geology |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | fault line |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | crack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inclined fault |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike-slip fault |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Denali Fault |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | San Andreas Fault |