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fault planes

fault planes is the plural of fault plane.

Meaning of fault plane

Noun

fault plane (plural fault planes)

  1. The plane, or surface formed between the two rock blocks that slip one with the other during an earthquake. The edge of the fault plane can often be seen on the land as a fault line.

Questions about fault planes

What is fault planes the plural of?
Fault planes is the plural of fault plane.

Words near fault planes in the dictionary

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

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