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left lateral

left lateral adjective: of a strike-slip fault, a block on the far side moving to the left when viewed from either side of the fault.

Adjective

left lateral (comparative more left lateral, superlative most left lateral)

  1. Of a strike-slip fault, a block on the far side moving to the left when viewed from either side of the fault.

Forms of left lateral

comparativemore left lateral
superlativemost left lateral

Words that rhyme with left lateral

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Questions about left lateral

What does left lateral mean?
Left lateral means of a strike-slip fault, a block on the far side moving to the left when viewed from either side of the fault.
What part of speech is left lateral?
Left lateral is an adjective.

Words near left lateral in the dictionary

  1. left lane hogger
  2. left lane hoggers
  3. left lane hogs
  4. left lane hugger
  5. left lane huggers
  6. left lateral
  7. left little to the imagination
  8. left luggage
  9. left main
  10. left mains
  11. Left May

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