| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Horizontal displacement | Mechanical Engineering | The shifting of a machine part in a horizontal direction. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Horizontal displacement | Mining | A. A term used by Tolman to designate strike slip b. The distance two formerly adjacent points moved horizontally.c. See: strike slip. (references) | |
| Horizontal displacement of reverse fault | Mining | Heave = horizontal component of the slip, measured at right angles to the strike of the fault; horizontal displacement of strata or other rocks along a fault, as opposed to the throw or vertical displacement. (1). Source: European Union. (references) | |
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