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逆断层

nì duàn céng

3-character word Traditional 逆斷層

What 逆断层 means

1. reverse fault (geology)
2. compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees

The characters in 逆断层

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

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