abrupt wave

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• Shock wave — Bombshock redirects here. For the Transformers character, see Micromasters#Bombshock. For other uses, see shockwave. Schlieren photograph of an attached shock on a sharp nosed supersonic body. A shock wave (also called shock front or simply shock …   Wikipedia

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• shock wave — An area or sheet of discontinuity (i.e., of abrupt changes in conditions) set up in a supersonic field of flow, through which the fluid undergoes a finite decrease in velocity accompanied by a marked increase in pressure, density, temperature,… …   Aviation dictionary

• shock wave — 1. a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound, caused by an intense explosion or supersonic flow over a body. 2. a repercussion from a startling event or upheaval; series of… …   Universalium

• blast wave — noun a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity the explosion created a shock wave • Syn: ↑shock wave • Hypernyms: ↑wave, ↑undulation • Hyponyms: ↑sonic boom * * * a v …   Useful english dictionary

• The Third Wave — war ein Sozialexperiment, um vor der Anziehungskraft faschistischer Bewegungen zu warnen. Im April 1967 führte der Geschichtslehrer Ron Jones zusammen mit Schülern und Lehrern an der Cubberley High School in Palo Alto ein Experiment durch.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Tropospheric wave — In telecommunication, a tropospheric wave is a radio wave that is propagated by reflection from a place of abrupt change in the dielectric constant, or its gradient, in the troposphere. In some cases, a ground wave may be so altered that new… …   Wikipedia

• indirect wave — Any radio wave that arrives by an indirect path, having undergone an abrupt change of direction by refraction or reflection. See direct wave …   Aviation dictionary

• tropospheric wave — A radio wave that is propagated by reflection from a place of abrupt change in the dielectric constant or its gradient in the troposphere. In some cases, the ground wave may be so altered that new components appear to arise from reflections in… …   Aviation dictionary

• shock wave — shock′ wave n. 1) mer phs a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound 2) cvb a repercussion from a startling event • Etymology: 1945–50 …   From formal English to slang