strike slip

noun Geology.

the component of slip on a fault parallel with the linear extension or strike of the fault.

Origin of strike slip

First recorded in 1910–15

OTHER WORDS FROM strike slip

strike-slip, adjective

Words nearby strike slip

strike note, strike off, strike out, strike pay, strike plate, strike slip, strike the right note, strike through, strike up, strike while the iron is hot, strike zone

Example sentences from the Web for strike slip

  • Strike-slip (lateral) faults occur in response to either type of stress; the blocks move horizontally past one another.

    Earthquakes |Kaye M. Shedlock

  • The single line defines a strike-slip fault along which plates are sliding horizontally past one another.

    Volcanoes |Robert I. Tilling

  • Most faulting along spreading zones is normal, along subduction zones is thrust, and along transform faults is strike-slip.

    Earthquakes |Kaye M. Shedlock