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right lateral

right lateral adjective: of a strike-slip fault, a block on one side moving to the right when viewed from the other side.

Adjective

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

  1. Of a strike-slip fault, a block on one side moving to the right when viewed from the other side.

Forms of right lateral

comparativemore right lateral
superlativemost right lateral

Words that rhyme with right lateral

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Questions about right lateral

What does right lateral mean?
Right lateral means of a strike-slip fault, a block on one side moving to the right when viewed from the other side.
What part of speech is right lateral?
Right lateral is an adjective.

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