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断层

duàn céng

2-character word Traditional 斷層 Measure word 道

What 断层 means

1. geologyfault
2. (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill)
3. (tomography) cross-sectional

The characters in 断层

• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off
• 层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story

Words starting with 断层

• 断层线duàn céng xiàngeological fault line
• 断层成像duàn céng chéng xiàngcomputed tomography
• 断层摄影duàn céng shè yǐngcomputed tomography
• 断层扫描duàn céng sǎo miáoCT scan (computed tomography scan)

Words containing 断层

• 正断层zhèng duàn céngnormal fault (geology)
• 冲断层chōng duàn céngthrust fault (geology); compression fault
• 走向断层zǒu xiàng duàn céngstrike fault (geology)
• 转换断层zhuǎn huàn duàn céngtransform fault (geology)
• 龙门断层Lóng mén duàn céngLongmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary…
• 龙门山断层Lóng mén shān duàn céngLongmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary…
• 走向滑动断层zǒu xiàng huá dòng duàn céngstrike-slip fault (geology); fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one…
• 电脑断层扫描diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáoCAT scan; CT scan
• 逆断层nì duàn céngreverse fault (geology); compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip…
• 圣安地列斯断层Shèng ān de liè sī Duàn céngSan Andreas Fault, California; also written 圣安德列斯断层
• 圣安德列斯断层Shèng ān dé liè sī Duàn céngSan Andreas Fault, California
• 正电子发射断层照相术zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè duàn céng zhào xiāng shùpositron emission tomography (PET)
• 正电子照射断层摄影zhèng diàn zǐ zhào shè duàn céng shè yǐngpositrion emission tomography (PET)