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ˈshock wave N

1. shock wave PHYS:

2. shock wave fig:

the news sent shock waves through the financial world

novica je pretresla finančni svet

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As the shock wave expands, it cools down becoming more transparent allowing the much hotter and brighter fireball to become visible again. en.wikipedia.org

The shock wave causes the fleeing helicopter to crash in a clearing, where the survivors are rescued by the military. en.wikipedia.org

The electric arc discharge rapidly vaporizes the surrounding fluid creating a shock wave. en.wikipedia.org

It is this shock wave that causes the sonic boom heard as a fast moving aircraft travels overhead. en.wikipedia.org

The pulsar wind streams into the interstellar medium, creating a standing shock wave, where it is decelerated to sub-relativistic speed. en.wikipedia.org

Many particles accumulate in and around the heliopause, highly energised by their negative acceleration, creating a shock wave. en.wikipedia.org

This theory, described by a relatively simple set of algebraic equations, models the detonation as a propagating shock wave accompanied by exothermic heat release. en.wikipedia.org

The initial shock wave is created by vaporizing a length of a thin wire by an electric discharge. en.wikipedia.org

The explosion's shock wave shook ceilings and doors in the area. en.wikipedia.org

As long as the wing lies behind the cone-shaped shock wave, it will see subsonic airflow and work as normal. en.wikipedia.org

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