Usually means: Boundary between offset oceanic crust.
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  1. fracture zone: Merriam-Webster
  2. fracture zone: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. fracture zone: Dictionary.com
  4. Fracture zone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. fracture zone: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Fracture zone)

noun:  A fracture zone is a linear feature on the ocean floor—often hundreds, even thousands of kilometers long—resulting from the action of offset mid-ocean ridge axis segments.

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