"hanging wall" meaning in English

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        "The section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line (the corresponding lower section being the footwall)."
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        "(geology) The section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line (the corresponding lower section being the footwall)."
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      "glosses": [
        "the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein."
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        "(mining) the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein."
      ],
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          "word": "hangingwall"
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        "business",
        "mining"
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  "word": "hanging wall"
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        "The section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line (the corresponding lower section being the footwall)."
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        "(geology) The section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line (the corresponding lower section being the footwall)."
      ],
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        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
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        "(mining) the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein."
      ],
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