Ray|leigh wave

Ray|leigh wave
Ray|leigh wave «RAY lee»,
a vertical, ripple-like wave on or just below the surface of the earth, caused by seismic disturbances.
[< J. W. S. Rayleigh, 1842-1919, a British physicist, who first described it in 1900]

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