Dictionary:Stretch

{{#category_index:S|stretch}} 1. The change in wavelet shape produced by applying a normal-moveout correction. 2. To change the scale to make comparisons easier, e.g, to display S- and P-wave sections at approximately double time scale to roughly accommodate the differences between S- and P-wave velocities. 3. To change the assignment of display color to successive frequency windows to obtain similar populations in each window; a way of assigning false colors (q.v.).