shock wave

shock wave

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 violent disruption, disturbance, or reaction: Shock waves of revolution shattered the government.

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shock wave

A large-amplitude wave formed by the sudden compression of the medium through which the wave moves. Shock waves can be caused by explosions or by objects moving through a fluid at a speed greater than the speed of sound.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shock wave - a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity; "the explosion created a shock wave" blast wave undulation, wave - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth sonic boom - an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound; "a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship"

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The continuously propagated pressure pulse formed by the blast from an explosion in air, under water or under ground. See also blast wave.

Translations

shock wave n → onda expansiva or de choque

shock wave n (also fig) → onde f de choc

shock wave n (lit) → Druckwelle f (fig); Schockwelle f

shock wave n → onda d'urto;

(fig) (usually pl) → impatto msg