S wave

noun

Geology.

1. a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.

S wave

1. See secondary wave

Example Sentences

But Moscow's wave of overnight attacks were the latest in an intensifying campaign targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure and hitting a number of civilian sites as winter approaches.

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Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, wasn’t a disciplined campaigner, but anyone would have drowned in Tuesday’s wave.

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With a dearth of fresh government economic data to chew on, investors are treating this week’s wave of corporate earnings as a macro mood check.

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Lidar works by measuring how long it takes light from a laser to bounce back, or by detecting tiny changes in the light's wave phase.

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"They are ours. They belong to all of us. Let's take them back. Let's wave them with pride."

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