横よこずれ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

horizontal friction; strike-slip

Technical term in geology and engineering for lateral displacement or sliding along a horizontal plane. Often used in contexts such as fault movement or mechanical slippage.

• この断だん層そうは横よこずれが大おおきい。

  This fault has a large strike-slip displacement.

• 機き械かいの部ぶ品ひんが横よこずれして、正せい常じょうに