Usually means: Surface seismic wave, elliptical motion.
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  1. Rayleigh wave, Rayleigh wave: Merriam-Webster
  2. Rayleigh wave: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Rayleigh wave: Wiktionary
  4. Rayleigh wave: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. Rayleigh wave: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Rayleigh wave: Dictionary.com
  7. Rayleigh wave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. Rayleigh wave: Encyclopedia

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  1. Rayleigh wave: Glossary of Earthquake and Related Terminology
  2. Earthquake Image Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Rayleigh wave)

noun:  (physics) A kind of surface acoustic wave that travels on solids.

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