Disclose a secret or reveal something prematurely, as in You can count on little Carol to spill the beans about the surprise. In this colloquial expression, first recorded in 1919, spill means âdivulge,â a usage dating from the 1500s.
Unformatted text preview: A) S waves travel through solids and P waves travel through liquids. B) P and S waves travel through liquids, but S waves do not travel through solids. C) P waves travel through solids; S waves do not. D) P and S waves travel through liquids, but P waves do not travel through solids.
P waves are pressure waves that travel faster than other waves through the earth to arrive at seismograph stations firstly, hence the name Primary. These waves can travel through any type of material, including fluids, and can travel at nearly twice the speed of S waves.