Term: strike-slip fault: a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
Broader: fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Unrelated: female: a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
Broader: fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Unrelated: mullein: any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
Broader: fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Unrelated: blueberry: sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants
Broader: fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Unrelated: morlett's crocodile: a variety of crocodile
Broader: fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Unrelated: geopolitics: the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state
Broader: fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Unrelated: surface gauge: gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand; used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces
Broader: fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Unrelated: fusion: a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
Broader: fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Unrelated: cupronickel: a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel
Broader: fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Unrelated: precedence: status established in order of importance or urgency
Broader: fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Unrelated: bad egg: (old-fashioned slang) a bad person