# surface acoustic wave

> acoustic wave traveling along the surface of a material exhibiting elasticity, with an amplitude that typically decays exponentially with depth into the substrate

**Wikidata**: [Q424074](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424074)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_acoustic_wave)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/surface-acoustic-wave


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)