pressure wave
noun
: a wave (such as a sound wave) in which the propagated disturbance is a variation of pressure in a material medium
called also P-wave
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The school windows have been blown out by the pressure wave from the explosions.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
There is no air or water to carry pressure waves that create audible sound.
—Harshal Shah, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Sidhwa, a stoic man with short hair, woke up when the pressure wave from an explosion blew the door open.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
That measurement of pulse transit time—the time delay following each heartbeat as the pressure wave travels between two arterial sites—provides an indirect measure of blood pressure that can be collected without any effort or inconvenience to the wearer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2018
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
There is no air or water to carry pressure waves that create audible sound.
—Harshal Shah, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Sidhwa, a stoic man with short hair, woke up when the pressure wave from an explosion blew the door open.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
That measurement of pulse transit time—the time delay following each heartbeat as the pressure wave travels between two arterial sites—provides an indirect measure of blood pressure that can be collected without any effort or inconvenience to the wearer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2018
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“Pressure wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressure%20wave. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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