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compressional wave [kəm′presh·ən·əl ‚wāv]

(physics)

A disturbance traveling in an elastic medium; characterized by changes in volume and by particle motion parallel with the direction of wave movement. Also known as dilatational wave; irrotational wave; pressure wave; P wave.

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