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Faulting

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
fault
plural
Faultings
possessive
Faulting's
pluralpossessive
Faultings'