P_WAVE meaning: Primary wave, fastest seismic wave

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P-wave: Merriam-Webster
P-wave: Wordnik
P-wave, P wave: Wiktionary
P wave: Infoplease Dictionary
P-wave, P wave: Dictionary.com
P-Wave, P-wave, P wave (electrocardiography), P wave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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P wave: Legal dictionary

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P-wave, P wave: Encyclopedia

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P wave: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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P' wave, P-wave, P wave: Medical dictionary

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Earthquake Image Glossary (No longer online)
Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
P-Wave: Extragalactic Astronomy

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p wave: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (P wave)

▸ noun: (medicine, cardiology) A wave on an electrocardiogram that represents the electrical changes generated by the depolarization of the atria.
▸ noun: Alternative form of P-wave. [(geology, seismology) A longitudinal compressional wave produced by an earthquake.]

Opposite:

s wave, seismic wave, secondary wave

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