| 单词 | transform fault |
| 释义 | transform faultnoun Geology.a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading. Compare fracture zone. Origin of transform faultFirst recorded in 1970–75 Words nearby transform faulttransformationist, transformation point, transformation range, transformative, transformer, transform fault, transforming factor, transformism, transformist, transfuse, transfusion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for transform faulttransform fault [ trăns′fôrm′ ] A type of strike-slip fault that accommodates the relative horizontal slip between other tectonic elements, such as tectonic plates, and is common along the edges of plates in mid-ocean ridge regions. The lateral displacement along transform faults often ends or changes form abruptly. See Note at fault. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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