geological fault(n = noun.object) break, fault, faulting, fracture, 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"
is a kind of cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure
has parts: fault line
has particulars: inclined fault, strike-slip fault

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