Definitions for p-wave
p-wave

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1. P-wavenoun

   A longitudinal compressional wave produced by an earthquake.

2. Etymology: From primary + wave.

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1. p-wave

   A P wave (primary wave or pressure wave) is one of the two main types of elastic body waves, called seismic waves in seismology. P waves travel faster than other seismic waves and hence are the first signal from an earthquake to arrive at any affected location or at a seismograph. P waves may be transmitted through gases, liquids, or solids.

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1. P-wave

   P-waves are a type of elastic wave, called seismic waves in seismology, that can travel through a continuum. The continuum is made up of gases, liquids, or solids, including the Earth. P-waves could be produced by earthquakes and recorded by seismographs. The name P-wave is often said to stand either for primary wave, as it has the highest velocity and is therefore the first to be recorded; or pressure wave, as it is formed from alternating compressions and rarefactions. In isotropic and homogeneous solids, the mode of propagation of a P-wave is always longitudinal; thus, the particles in the solid have vibrations along or parallel to the travel direction of the wave energy.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of p-wave in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of p-wave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of p-wave in a Sentence

1. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   There is no question that wave of attacks is driven directly by incitement. Incitement from Hamas, incitement from the Islamist movement in Israel, and incitement, I am sorry to say, from President Abbas.

2. Emmanuel Macron:

   [France has been]overpowered by a second wave.

3. Rahul Gupta:

   Some of these estimates are also dependent on what happens next, for example, the fear factor could be addressed with a robust plan and call to action that prevents a second wave of Covid infections this fall. On the other hand, if you do get several waves like we saw in 1918, the situation could be even worse.

4. Marcel Proust:

   A cathedral, a wave of storm, a dancer's leap, never turn out to be as high as we had hoped.

5. Arthur Miller:

   A playwright is the litmus paper of the arts. He's got to be, because if he isn't working on the same wave length as the audience, no one would know what in hell he was talking about. He is a kind of psychic journalist, even when he's great.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/P-wave
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-wave
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=p-wave