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View synonyms for downthrow
downthrow
[ doun-throh ]
noun
- a throwing down or being thrown down; overthrow.
downthrow
/ ˈdaʊnˌθrəʊ /
noun
- the state of throwing down or being thrown down
- geology the sinking of rocks on one side of a fault plane
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Word History and Origins
Origin of downthrow1
First recorded in 1605–15; noun use of verb phrase throw down
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Example Sentences
Instead of being discouraged by adverse attacks he had 212 gained new vigor from each downthrow.
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Dikes and faults are denominated upthrow or downthrow, according to the position they are met with in working the mine.
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Normal faults, of which Figure 184 is an example, hade to the downthrow; the hanging wall has gone down.
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A thrust fault with a hade of 30°, showing cliffs due to harder strata outcropping on the downthrow.
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Normal faults are exemplified in figs. 1, 2, and 6; in the latter the masses A and B are on the downthrow sides, C is upthrown.
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