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fault lines

fault lines is the plural of fault line.

Meaning of fault line

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

Questions about fault lines

What is fault lines the plural of?
Fault lines is the plural of fault line.

Words near fault lines in the dictionary

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

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