fenster

See also: Fenster and Fënster

English

Etymology

From German Fenster (“window”), from Latin fenestra (“window”).

Noun

fenster (plural fensters)

  1. (geology) A geologic structure formed by erosion or normal faulting on a thrust system; a tectonic window.
    • 1983, J. F. Evernden, R. E. Criss, William Jasper Sando,
      Examination of strain data and cross sections suggests that the fensters expose rootless tectonic slices […]

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