shock wave

See also: shockwave

English

Noun

shock wave (plural shock waves)

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.
2. Any violent disturbance.

Translations

A powerful compression wave

• Catalan: ona de xoc f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激波 (zh) (jībō)

• Danish: chokbølge c
• Dutch: schokgolf (nl) m
• Esperanto: ŝokondo
• Finnish: iskuaalto
• French: onde de choc (fr) f
• German: Stoßwelle f, Schockwelle (de) f
• Italian: onda d'urto f
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• Japanese: 衝撃波 (しょうげきは, shōgekiha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjokkbølge m or f

  Nynorsk: sjokkbølgje f, sjokkbylgje f

• Polish: fala uderzeniowa
• Portuguese: onda de choque f
• Russian: уда́рная волна́ f (udárnaja volná)
• Spanish: onda de choque f
• Swedish: chockvåg, chockfront

Any violent disturbance

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