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fault line

fault line noun: the line formed by the intersection of the plane of a fault with the surface of the Earth.

Noun

fault line (plural fault lines)

  1. The line formed by the intersection of the plane of a fault with the surface of the Earth.
  2. (broadly) A minor split (in public opinion, etc.) that may develop into something larger.
    • Yet the process may lead to new fault lines and resentments across the notoriously unstable Lebanese political system whose 18 different confessional groups share all levels of power.2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera

fault line meaning in Tamil and Arabic

fault line in Tamil

பிளவுக்கோடு, முறிவுப்பாதை, பிளவுத்தடம்

fault line in Arabic

geology: intersection
خط الصدع

Forms of fault line

pluralfault lines
alternative formfaultline
alternative formfault-line

Questions about fault line

What does fault line mean?
Fault line means the line formed by the intersection of the plane of a fault with the surface of the Earth.
What is fault line in Tamil?
Fault line in Tamil is பிளவுக்கோடு, முறிவுப்பாதை, பிளவுத்தடம். See Fault line meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fault line?
Fault line is a noun.
What is the plural of fault line?
The plural of fault line is fault lines.

Words near fault line in the dictionary

  1. fault current
  2. fault currents
  3. fault gouge
  4. fault gouges
  5. fault injection
  6. fault line
  7. fault lines
  8. fault plane
  9. fault planes
  10. fault scarp
  11. fault scarps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fault line (page history and authors); fault line (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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