"shock wave" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shock waves [plural]
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  1. (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. Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: shockwave Related terms: shock front Translations (A powerful compression wave): skokgolf (Afrikaans), موجة صادمة (Arabic), հարվածային ալիք (harvacayin alikʻ) (Armenian), zərbə dalğası (Azerbaijani), talka-uhin (Basque), ударная хваля (udarnaja xvalja) [feminine] (Belarusian), ঘাত তরঙ্গ (ghat toroṅgo) (Bengali), ударна вълна (udarna vǎlna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ona de xoc [feminine] (Catalan), 衝擊波 /冲击波 (cung¹ gik¹ bo¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 激波 (jībō) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 震波 (zhènbō) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 衝擊波 /冲击波 (chōngjībō) (Chinese Mandarin), rázová vlna [feminine] (Czech), chokbølge [common-gender] (Danish), schokgolf [masculine] (Dutch), ŝokondo (Esperanto), lööklaine (Estonian), iskuaalto (Finnish), onde de choc [feminine] (French), onda de choque [feminine] (Galician), Stoßwelle [feminine] (German), Schockwelle [feminine] (German), גל הלם (Hebrew), lökéshullám (Hungarian), gelombang kejut (Indonesian), tonn turrainge (Irish), onda d'urto [feminine] (Italian), 衝撃波 (shōgekiha) (alt: しょうげきは) (Japanese), соққы толқыны (soqqy tolqyny) (Kazakh), 충격파 (chunggyeokpa) (alt: 衝擊波) (Korean), smūginė banga [feminine] (Lithuanian), sjokkbølge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjokkbølgje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sjokkbylgje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), موج ضربهای (Persian), fala uderzeniowa (Polish), onda de choque [feminine] (Portuguese), undă de șoc [feminine] (Romanian), уда́рная волна́ (udárnaja volná) [feminine] (Russian), onda de choque [feminine] (Spanish), chockvåg (Swedish), chockfront (Swedish), คลื่นกระแทก (Thai), şok dalgası (Turkish), ударна хвиля (udarna xvylja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), zarba toʻlqini (Uzbek), sóng xung kích (alt: 㳥衝擊) (Vietnamese)
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  2. (figuratively) Any violent disturbance. Tags: figuratively
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "ঘাত তরঙ্গ"
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      "roman": "udarna vǎlna",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "cung¹ gik¹ bo¹",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "衝擊波 /冲击波"
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
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      "word": "ŝokondo"
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "lööklaine"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "iskuaalto"
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
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      "word": "onde de choc"
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "גל הלם"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "gelombang kejut"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "tonn turrainge"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "onda d'urto"
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      "alt": "しょうげきは",
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      "roman": "shōgekiha",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "衝撃波"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "soqqy tolqyny",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "соққы толқыны"
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      "alt": "衝擊波",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chunggyeokpa",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "충격파"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
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      "word": "sjokkbølge"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sjokkbølgje"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sjokkbylgje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "موج ضربهای"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "fala uderzeniowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "onda de choque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "undă de șoc"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udárnaja volná",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "уда́рная волна́"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "onda de choque"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "chockvåg"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "chockfront"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "คลื่นกระแทก"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "şok dalgası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "udarna xvylja",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ударна хвиля"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "zarba toʻlqini"
    },
    {
      "alt": "㳥衝擊",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "A powerful compression wave",
      "word": "sóng xung kích"
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    "shock wave"
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  "word": "shock wave"
}

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