shock wave

See also: shockwave

English

Noun

shock wave (plural shock waves)

(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.
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
Finnish: iskuaalto
French: onde de choc (fr) f
German: Stoßwelle f, Schockwelle (de) f
Italian: onda d'urto f

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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