7. Glossary
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Slope
Ground feature with a sloping surface created by clearing or filling.
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Slope
Soil element with a naturally sloping surface.
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Shear zone
Region in which shear deformations occur during ground or slope failure, when the ground is in its limit state.
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Fracture surface (also called sliding surface)
Shear zone or gap in the ground, considered as a surface for simplicity's sake and reduced to a line in the cross-sectional plane studied.
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