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transverse wave [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Waves
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

A wave in which the direction of the disturbance at each point of the medium is perpendicular to the wave vector and parallel to surfaces of constant phase.

OBS

transverse wave: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Onde dans laquelle la direction du déplacement des particules, en tout point du milieu, est tangente aux surfaces d'onde.

OBS

onde transversale : terme et définition normalisés par l'AFNOR et reproduits avec son autorisation.

OBS

onde transversale : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ondas radioeléctricas
  • Acústica (Física)
DEF

Onda en la que la magnitud física característica de la misma se encuentra perpendicularmente a la dirección de propagación de la onda.

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Record 2 2010-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Geophysics
DEF

A seismic short wavelength and high frequency body wave propagated through the solid parts of the Earth by a shearing motion that involves oscillation perpendicular to the direction of propagation.

OBS

[This wave] does not travel through the outer (liquid) core of the Earth; named secondary (S) because they arrive later than the primary waves.

OBS

secondary wave; S wave; shear wave; transverse wave: terms extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

OBS

shear wave: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Géophysique
CONT

[...] des ondes transversales (les ondes S) pour lesquelles les particules sont déplacées dans la direction perpendiculaire à la propagation, on les dit encore ondes de cisaillement (Sh).

CONT

[L'onde S] correspond à des distorsions sans changement de volume; le déplacement est dirigé dans le plan normal à la direction de propagation : une telle onde est dite transversale.

OBS

onde secondaire; onde S; onde de cisaillement; onde transversale : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

OBS

onde S; onde transversale; onde de cisaillement : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vulcanología y sismología
  • Geofísica
DEF

Onda sísmica más lenta que la onda P, que no se propaga en un medio fluido.

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