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Common fault   /kˈɑmən fɔlt/   Listen
Common fault

noun
1.
An inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall.  Synonyms: gravity fault, normal fault.






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"Common fault" Quotes from Famous Books



... command, or have occasion for. This old fellow had not visited me often, before I began to be sensible of the influence of my eyes upon this old piece of touchwood; but he had not the confidence to tell me he loved me, and modesty you know is no common fault of his countrymen. He often insinuated that he knew a man of wealth and substance, though striken indeed in years, and on that account not so agreeable as a younger man, was passionately in love with me, and desired to know whether my heart was so far engaged, that his friend should not entertain, ...
— The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) - Vol. III • Theophilus Cibber



Words linked to "Common fault" :   normal fault, inclined fault



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