S wave
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In an earthquake, P waves — or compressional waves — arrive first but usually don’t cause much damage; they’re followed by the S wave, or shear wave.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2022
Of the two, it’s most likely that an S wave brings damaging shaking.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2022
Instead, it's the shear wave, aka S wave, that people usually feel during an earthquake.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2019
S waves, which cannot move through liquids, are blocked by the Earth’s liquid outer core, creating an S wave shadow zone on the side of the planet opposite to the earthquake focus.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
The slowest of these, the "S" wave, has never been traced to its source before and researchers say it opens up a new way to study the Earth's hidden depths.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2016
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