Also called shear, secondary, rotational, tangential, equivoluminal, distortional, transverse, or shake wave. These waves carry energy through the Earth in very complex patterns of transverse (crosswise) waves. These waves move more slowly than P waves, but in an earthquake they are usually bigger. S waves cannot travel through the outer core becau...
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A seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving. S waves are also known as shear waves.
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A seismic body wave that has motion perpendicular to the direction of travel (i.e. like light waves). They cannot travel through liquids and are slower than P Waves.
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A negative (downward) deflection of the QRS complex following an R w; successive downward deflections within the same QRS complex are labelled S', S'', etc. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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S wave. A seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving, also called a shear wave.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a negative (downward) deflection of the QRS complex following an R w; successive downward deflections within the same QRS complex are labeled S′, S′′, etc.
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on the normal surface electrocardiogram, a downward deflection of the QRS complex following the R wave.
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A seismic wave that moves material it encounters perpendicular to its direction of travel. This type of seismic wave causes shear stress in the material it moves through. Also called a secondary wave or a shear wave.
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The secondary seismic wave, traveling slower than the P-wave, and consisting of elastic vibrations transverse to the direction of travel. It cannot penetrate a liquid.
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Secondary seismic waves. A seismic wave with a direction of vibration that is perpendicular to the d
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In seismology, a class of seismic wave that passes through the Earth in the form of transverse shear waves. S-waves from an earthquake travel at roughly half the speed of P-waves (about 3 kps/1.9 mps), the speed depending on the density of the rock, and arrive later at monitoring stations (hence secondary waves) though with greater ampl...
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(secondary wave , shear wave) A seismic body wave that involves particle motion from side to side, perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. S-waves are slower than P-waves and cannot travel through a liquid. compare P-wave .
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The second arrival on a seismogram, the S wave, is slower than the P-wave. It is a shear wave and cannot travel through liquids.
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a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph. Also calledCf.
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