First Known Use: 1913
Dictionary
S wave
noun
Definition of S WAVE
: a wave (as from an earthquake) in which the propagated disturbance is a shear in an elastic medium (as the earth) — compare pressure wave
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Origin of S WAVE
secondary
Rhymes with S WAVE
airwave, behave, brain wave, cold wave, concave, conclave, deprave, dissave, drawshave, enclave, engrave, enslave, exclave, ground wave, heat wave, margrave, new wave, octave, outbrave, Palgrave, palsgrave, shock wave, shortwave, sine wave, sky wave, sound wave, spokeshave, wage slave, white slave, Wind Cave
Medical Dictionary
S wave
noun \ˈes-ˌ\
Medical Definition of S WAVE
: the negative downward deflection in the QRS complex of an electrocardiogram that follows the R wave
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