Hypertext Webster Gateway: "downthrow"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Downthrow \Down"throw`\, n. (Geol.)
The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one
side of a fault. See {Throw}, n.
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