Usually means: Secondary wave, transverse, earthquake motion.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. S wave, S wave: Merriam-Webster
  2. S wave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. S-wave, S wave: Wiktionary
  4. S wave: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. S wave: Dictionary.com
  6. S-wave, S wave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. S wave: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. S wave: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. S-wave, S wave: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. S wave: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. S-wave, S wave: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Earthquake Image Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  3. S-Wave: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (S wave)

noun:  Alternative form of S-wave [(geology, seismology) A transverse, shear wave, such as that produced by an earthquake. Movement is transverse to the direction of propagation and is a body wave.]

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