shear wave
Americannoun
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By pairing in-situ sound velocity measurements with advanced molecular dynamics simulations, the team detected a dramatic loss of shear wave speed and a sharp increase in Poisson's ratio.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 10, 2025
The faster a shear wave travels in the organ, the stiffer the organ is interpreted to be.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024
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
Instead, it's the shear wave, aka S wave, that people usually feel during an earthquake.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2019
Such a wave is called a transverse wave or shear wave; in such a wave, the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of propagation.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
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