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–noun
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a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
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1965–70
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n. A large area of the earth in which plates of the earth's crust are moving away from each other, forming an extensive system of fractures and faults.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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