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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any violent disturbance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the explosion created a shock wave
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blast wave
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wave, undulation
Narrower terms: sonic boom
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
skokgolf
— powerful compression wave
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Arabic:
موجة صادمة
— powerful compression wave
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Armenian:
հարվածային ալիք
(harvacayin alikʻ)
— powerful compression wave
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Azerbaijani:
zərbə dalğası
— powerful compression wave
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Basque:
talka-uhin
— powerful compression wave
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Belarusian:
ударная хваля
(udarnaja xvalja)
— powerful compression wave
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Bengali:
ঘাত তরঙ্গ
(ghat toroṅgo)
— powerful compression wave
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Bulgarian:
ударна вълна
(udarna vǎlna)
— powerful compression wave
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Catalan:
ona de xoc
— powerful compression wave
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Chinese Cantonese:
衝擊波 /冲击波
(cung1 gik1 bo1)
— powerful compression wave
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Chinese Mandarin:
激波
(jībō)
— powerful compression wave
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Chinese Mandarin:
震波
(zhènbō)
— powerful compression wave
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Chinese Mandarin:
衝擊波 /冲击波
(chōngjībō)
— powerful compression wave
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Czech:
rázová vlna
— powerful compression wave
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Danish:
chokbølge
— powerful compression wave
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Dutch:
schokgolf
— powerful compression wave
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Esperanto:
ŝokondo
— powerful compression wave
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Estonian:
lööklaine
— powerful compression wave
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Finnish:
iskuaalto
— powerful compression wave
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Finnish:
paineaalto
— powerful compression wave
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French:
onde de choc
— powerful compression wave
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Galician:
onda de choque
— powerful compression wave
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Georgian:
დარტყმითი ტალღა
(darṭq̇miti ṭalɣa)
— powerful compression wave
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German:
Stoßwelle
— powerful compression wave
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German:
Schockwelle
— powerful compression wave
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Hebrew:
גל הלם
— powerful compression wave
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Hungarian:
lökéshullám
— powerful compression wave
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Indonesian:
gelombang kejut
— powerful compression wave
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Irish:
tonn turrainge
— powerful compression wave
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Italian:
onda d'urto
— powerful compression wave
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Japanese:
衝撃波
(shōgekiha)
— powerful compression wave
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Kazakh:
соққы толқыны
(soqqy tolqyny)
— powerful compression wave
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Korean:
충격파
(chunggyeokpa)
— powerful compression wave
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Lithuanian:
smūginė banga
— powerful compression wave
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Malay:
gelombang kejutan
— powerful compression wave
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sjokkbølge
— powerful compression wave
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
sjokkbølgje
— powerful compression wave
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
sjokkbylgje
— powerful compression wave
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Persian:
موج ضربهای
— powerful compression wave
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Polish:
fala uderzeniowa
— powerful compression wave
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Portuguese:
onda de choque
— powerful compression wave
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Romanian:
undă de șoc
— powerful compression wave
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Russian:
уда́рная волна́
(udárnaja volná)
— powerful compression wave
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Spanish:
onda de choque
— powerful compression wave
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Spanish:
onda expansiva
— powerful compression wave
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Spanish:
onda de shock
— powerful compression wave
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Swedish:
chockvåg
— powerful compression wave
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Swedish:
chockfront
— powerful compression wave
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Thai:
คลื่นกระแทก
— powerful compression wave
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Turkish:
şok dalgası
— powerful compression wave
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Ukrainian:
ударна хвиля
(udarna xvylja)
— powerful compression wave
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Uzbek:
zarba toʻlqini
— powerful compression wave
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Vietnamese:
sóng xung kích
— powerful compression wave
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Polish:
fala uderzeniowa
— any violent disturbance
