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countershocks

countershocks is the plural of countershock.

Meaning of countershock

Noun

countershock (plural countershocks)

  1. A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
    • This kind of break by countershock in the haft occurs on Paleoindian bifacial point and has been reproduced experimentally on replicas of Paleoindian and Solutrean shouldered points [63 ].2015 July 11, “The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort at Sibudu and Blombos: Understanding Middle Stone Age Technologies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about countershocks

What is countershocks the plural of?
Countershocks is the plural of countershock.

Words near countershocks in the dictionary

  1. countershafting
  2. countershafts
  3. countershed
  4. countersheds
  5. countershock
  6. countershocks
  7. countershot
  8. countershots
  9. countershout
  10. countershouts
  11. counterside

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