backthrusting
Word-form referencesbackthrust
Pronunciations
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/ˈbækˌθrʌstɪŋ/
Noun
The act or process of thrusting backward, typically in a physical, mechanical, or figurative sense, such as a counteraction or retrograde motion.
- Examples
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The backthrusting of tectonic plates can cause reverse faults in geological structures.
Folds are overturned toward the east, and the upper blocks of major thrusts moved from west to east, with local sympathetic backthrusting from east to west.
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The cause of the backthrusting is equivocal.
Word forms
backthrustings