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Love wave
Love waven. A type of seismic surface wave that causes rock particles to move with a side-to-side motion perpendicular to the direction of an earthquake's main propagation. Love waves travel faster than Rayleigh waves. Also called L wave.
[After Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863-1940), British mathematician.]Love wave
Love wave[′ləv ‚wāv] (geophysics) A horizontal dispersive surface wave, multireflected between internal boundaries of an elastic body, applied chiefly in the study of seismic waves in the earth's crust. Love Wave
A type of seismic surface wave with a horizontal motion perpendicular to the direction the wave is travelling |