shock wave
Noun
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Noun
shock wave (plural shock waves)
- (physics) A powerful compression wave produced by the movement of a body through a fluid or gas at a velocity greater than the local speed of sound.
- Any violent disturbance.
- French: onde de choc
- German: Stoßwelle, Schockwelle
- Italian: onda d'urto
- Portuguese: onda de choque
- Russian: уда́рная волна́
- Spanish: onda de choque
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