seismic wave

C51909
concept

A seismic wave is a propagating disturbance of elastic energy that travels through the Earth’s interior or along its surface, generated by events such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, or artificial explosions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
seismic wave canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: seismic wave
Generated description
A seismic wave is a propagating disturbance of elastic energy that travels through the Earth’s interior or along its surface, generated by events such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, or artificial explosions.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
P-waves
Stoneley waves