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English-Russian small dictionary of medicine. 2015.
P-wave magnitude
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Surface wave magnitude — The Surface wave magnitude (MS) is one of the magnitude scales used in seismology to measure the size of an earthquake. It is based on measurements in Rayleigh surface waves that primarily travel along the uppermost layers of the earth. It is… … Wikipedia
Body wave magnitude — (mb) is a way of determining the size of an earthquake, using the amplitude of the initial P wave to calculate the magnitude. The P wave is a type of body wave that is capable of traveling through the earth at the speed of sound, and is the first … Wikipedia
Magnitude — may refer to: In mathematics: Magnitude (mathematics), the relative size of a mathematical object Magnitude (vector), a term for the size or length of a vector Scalar (mathematics), a quantity defined only by its magnitude Euclidean vector, a… … Wikipedia
Magnitude (Erdbeben) — Die Magnitude ist ein Maß für die Stärke von Erdbeben. Magnituden werden überwiegend aus den Amplituden, seltener auch aus anderen Parametern von Seismogrammen bestimmt. Diese werden wiederum weltweit an Erdbebenmessstationen mit Seismographen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wave drag — is an aerodynamics term that refers to a sudden and very powerful form of drag that appears on aircraft and blade tips moving at high subsonic and supersonic speeds. Overview Wave drag is caused by the formation of shock waves around the aircraft … Wikipedia
Wave equation — Not to be confused with Wave function. The wave equation is an important second order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves – as they occur in physics – such as sound waves, light waves and water waves. It arises in… … Wikipedia
Wave vector — A wave vector is a vector representation of a wave. The wave vector has magnitude indicating wavenumber (reciprocal of wavelength), and the direction of the vector indicates the direction of wave propagation.The wave vector is most useful for… … Wikipedia
Wave function — Not to be confused with the related concept of the Wave equation Some trajectories of a harmonic oscillator (a ball attached to a spring) in classical mechanics (A B) and quantum mechanics (C H). In quantum mechanics (C H), the ball has a wave… … Wikipedia
magnitude — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A measure of the size of an earthquake, determined by measuring the highest amplitude waves and correcting for distance and type of instrument. The scale is logarithmic, so each increase of one unit corresponds … Glossary of volcanic terms
wave vector — noun A vector whose direction is that of the direction of propagation of a wave, and whose magnitude is inversely proportional to its wavelength … Wiktionary
magnitude — Size or extent. average pulse m. the amplitude of pulse averaged throughout its duration; identical with peak amplitude for a square wave or pulse without droop. peak m. the greatest amplitude. * * … Medical dictionary
