WordNet: break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

• domain: topic geology

• hypernym cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure

• hyponym inclined fault

• hyponym strike-slip fault

break

• (englanti) break (derivationally related)
• (suomi) rako (synonyymi)

fault

• (suomi) aukko (synonyymi)

faulting

• (suomi) murtuma (synonyymi)

fracture

• (englanti) fracture (derivationally related)
• (suomi) murtuma (synonyymi)

geological fault

• (suomi) siirros (synonyymi)

shift

• (suomi) siirtymä (synonyymi)