Love Wave Definition
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noun
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.
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Noun
Singular:
Love wave
Plural:
love-wavesOrigin of Love Wave
After Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940), British mathematician
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the predictions of the mathematician A. E. H. Love
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