"P-wave" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From p(rimary) + wave.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "P-waves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Geology",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "name": "Seismology",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 71:",
          "text": "P-waves are the first to arrive; that is, they travel fastest. These are ‘push-pull’ waves analogous to sound waves, in which each particle moves back and forth as the waves propagate.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A longitudinal compressional wave produced by an earthquake."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "seismology",
          "seismology"
        ],
        [
          "longitudinal",
          "longitudinal"
        ],
        [
          "compressional",
          "compressional"
        ],
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "earthquake",
          "earthquake"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology, seismology) A longitudinal compressional wave produced by an earthquake."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "S-wave"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "seismic wave"
        },
        {
          "word": "P wave"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "seismology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "P-wave"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From p(rimary) + wave.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "P-waves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "S-wave"
    }
  ],
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        "English terms with quotations",
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        "en:Geology",
        "en:Seismology"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 71:",
          "text": "P-waves are the first to arrive; that is, they travel fastest. These are ‘push-pull’ waves analogous to sound waves, in which each particle moves back and forth as the waves propagate.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A longitudinal compressional wave produced by an earthquake."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "seismology",
          "seismology"
        ],
        [
          "longitudinal",
          "longitudinal"
        ],
        [
          "compressional",
          "compressional"
        ],
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "earthquake",
          "earthquake"
        ]
      ],
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        "(geology, seismology) A longitudinal compressional wave produced by an earthquake."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "seismology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "seismic wave"
    },
    {
      "word": "P wave"
    }
  ],
  "word": "P-wave"
}