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strikeslip fault

strikeslip fault is the alternative form of strike-slip fault.

Meaning of strike-slip fault

Noun

strike-slip fault (plural strike-slip faults)

  1. A fault where two blocks move horizontally in opposite directions along the fault line.

Forms of strikeslip fault

pluralstrikeslip faults

Questions about strikeslip fault

What is strikeslip fault the alternative form of?
Strikeslip fault is the alternative form of strike-slip fault.

Words near strikeslip fault in the dictionary

  1. strikes the tent
  2. strikes through
  3. strikes twice
  4. strikes up
  5. strikes while the iron is hot
  6. strikeslip fault
  7. strikest
  8. strikesthrough
  9. striketh
  10. strikethrough
  11. strikethroughed

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