fault line

See also: faultline and fault-line

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fault line (plural fault lines)

  1. (geology) The line formed by the intersection of the plane of a fault with the surface of the Earth.
  2. (by extension) A minor split (in public opinion, etc.) that may develop into something larger.
    • 2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera‎[1]:
      Yet the process may lead to new fault lines and resentments across the notoriously unstable Lebanese political system whose 18 different confessional groups share all levels of power.

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