| 单词 | shake wave |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshake wave shake wave n. = S wave at S n.1 6. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] > earthquake > seismic wave wave1761 earth wave1848 body wave1900 S wave1908 shear wave1936 shake wave1944 1929 H. Jeffreys Earth (ed. 2) vi. 86 The type (9) are called the longitudinal, irrotational, condensational, primary, or P waves; (10) and (11) the transverse, distortional, equivoluminal, secondary, or S waves. Prof. H. H. Turner has very appropriately called them the ‘push’ and the ‘shake’.] 1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. xvii. 369 The S or ‘shake’ waves are distortional waves, in which each particle vibrates at right angles to the direction of propagation. 1969 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 12 Seismic records obtained so far from the landing site show the absence of the so-called ‘shake-waves’. < as lemmas |
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