underdrag

noun, verb — 3 senses

underdrag

noun

Etymology From under- + drag.

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Usually The tensile stress exerted by an overthrust rock mass upon overlying rocks which themselves are not under compressive thrusting stress and therefore tend to be stretched and broken by normal faulting.

underdrag

verb

Etymology From under- + drag.

To exert pull on the underside of (something).

To undergo a pull from the underside.

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