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- (abbreviation for secondary wave) A body wave that causes the rocks along which it passes to move up
and down perpendicular to the direction of its own
movement. See also P wave.
- A body wave that travels through the interior of an elastic medium with
particle motion perpendicular to the direction of propagation. Originally
applied to earthquake seismology, where it was the second (hence: S) type
of wave to arrive at a recording station. Syn:
distortional wave;
equivolumnar wave; rotational wave; secondary wave; shear wave.
See also: transverse wave
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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