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shock wave

noun

  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 ()

shock wave Usage Examples

Preposition: inside

tube: Reversion creates resonance shock waves inside the tubes which exit the open end of the tube at various rates depending on engine speed.

Converse of object

  • create: Reversion creates resonance shock waves inside the tubes which exit the open end of the tube at various rates depending on engine speed.
  • produce: Waves move across the oceans, earthquakes produce shock waves and light can be thought of as traveling in waves.
  • emit: Shock waves dissipate within the confines of the plenum without interfering with the shock waves emitted from an adjacent stack.

Adjective modifier

interplanetary: In the work presented here, three slow shock candidates are identified from a survey of 130 interplanetary shock waves observed by Ulysses.

Modifies a noun

  • flash: Suppose father doesn't like shock wave flash object download him!
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  • propagation: The study shows the visualization of shock wave propagation in an underwater explosion scenario.

Noun used with modifier

resonance: Reversion creates resonance shock waves inside the tubes which exit the open end of the tube at various rates depending on engine speed.

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