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(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

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  • They built it right over a geological fault; he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
  • He studied the faulting of the earth's crust
  • Likewise, critics would have persisted in faulting the Chinese for their backwardness while extolling the virtues of the progressive Japanese.
  • He could also tell of the "faulting," or slipping down, of adjacent masses of solid rock, which has occurred often enough to carve the characteristic Cohasset coast.
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