elastic wave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of elastic wave
First recorded in 1930–35
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The first wave, called an elastic wave, temporarily deformed the crystal; its atoms bounced back into their original positions right away, like a rubber band that's been stretched and released.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023
In an elastic wave propagated from a centre of impulse in an infinitely extended volume of a perfect gas, normal vibrations are alone propagated—as is the case with sound in air.
From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Luigi Palmieri
The elastic wave varies in velocity from 800 to 1,000 feet per second in sand or clay to three miles per second in solid granite.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum
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