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断層 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dislocation noun An injury in which a bone is forced out of its normal joint position.
  • fault noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.

Senses

断層 is used for these senses in English:

  • dislocation The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
  • fault (geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

dislocation — full definition

  1. noun An injury in which a bone is forced out of its normal joint position.
  2. noun A disruption or displacement, in a general or figurative sense.

fault — full definition

  1. noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or shortcoming in a person, object, or system.
  3. noun (geology) A fracture in rock along which the two sides have shifted relative to each other.
  4. verb To find something wrong with, or blame, someone or something.

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