shock wave

Definition of Shock Wave in English :

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Noun

1. blast wave, shock wave

a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity

Example Sentences:
'the explosion created a shock wave'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shock Wave

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noun

1.

a region across which there is a rapid pressure, temperature, and density rise, usually caused by a body moving supersonically in a gas or by a detonation

. Often shortened to: shock See also sonic boom, shock tube

2.

a feeling of shock, horror, surprise, etc that affects many people as it spreads through a community

3.

the effect created on a queue of moving cars in the lane of a motorway when one car brakes suddenly and the cars behind have to brake as well, causing cars to slow down, sometimes for miles behind the first braking car

Shock Wave

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1.

a surface of discontinuity in a flow of air, sound, etc. set up when the flow suddenly changes from subsonic to supersonic, characterized by marked increases in temperature, pressure, and density of the flow, as in supersonic flow about an airplane wing

2.

blast (sense 6) blast (sense 6c)

Shock Wave

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n.

1. A large-amplitude compression wave, as that produced by an explosion or by supersonic motion of a body in a medium.

2. A severe disruption, disturbance, or reaction: The bad news sent shock waves through the stock market.

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