Secondary wave

Japanese: secondary wave(英語表記)secondarywave
Secondary wave

…They do not travel through liquids. They travel slower than P waves, which are longitudinal waves, so they are recorded by seismographs as secondary waves after P waves. For this reason, they are called S waves. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "secondary wave" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…液体中は伝わらない。縦波であるP波より遅く伝わるため,P波の次に来る波(secondary wave)として地震計に記録される。このためS波と呼ばれる。…

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