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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall.
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- noun geology A type of
fault in which thefootwall moves up relative to thehanging wall .
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- noun an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
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