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s wave

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1. S wavenoun

   shear wave

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1. S wave

   In seismology and other areas involving elastic waves, S waves, secondary waves, or shear waves (sometimes called elastic S waves) are a type of elastic wave and are one of the two main types of elastic body waves, so named because they move through the body of an object, unlike surface waves.S waves are transverse waves, meaning that the direction of particle motion of a S wave is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation, and the main restoring force comes from shear stress. Therefore, S waves cannot propagate in liquids with zero (or very low) viscosity; however, they may propagate in liquids with high viscosity.The name secondary wave comes from the fact that they are the second type of wave to be detected by an earthquake seismograph, after the compressional primary wave, or P wave, because S waves travel more slowly in solids. Unlike P waves, S waves cannot travel through the molten outer core of the Earth, and this causes a shadow zone for S waves opposite to their origin. They can still propagate through the solid inner core: when a P wave strikes the boundary of molten and solid cores at an oblique angle, S waves will form and propagate in the solid medium. When these S waves hit the boundary again at an oblique angle, they will in turn create P waves that propagate through the liquid medium. This property allows seismologists to determine some physical properties of the Earth's inner core.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of s wave in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of s wave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of s wave in a Sentence

1. Paul Dergarabedian:

   It was able to catch an awards season wave.

2. Sanjay Kumar:

   This year, the number [ of cases ] has gone up a bit, the heat wave has been too intense, and it has gone on for too long.

3. HyunSoung Kim:

   People should help each other just like the ocean and earth help each other through the water wave which is an give and take action.

4. Ashish Jha:

   We're looking at a range of models, both internal and external models, and what they're predicting is that if we don't get ahead of this thing, we're going to have a lot of waning immunity, this virus continues to evolve, and we may see a pretty sizable wave of infections, hospitalizations and deaths this fall and winter.

5. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   A president can't wave a magic wand and pass any legislation they want, the worst-case scenario ? We compromise deeply and we end up getting a public option.

References

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