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Shock wave Moderate

Shock wave has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity

"the explosion created a shock wave"

2

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.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wave
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
sonic boom
Rhyming Words
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