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shockwave

shockwave is the alternative spelling of shock wave.

Meaning of shock wave

Noun

shock wave (plural shock waves)

  1. 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.
  2. (figuratively) Any violent disturbance.
    • As we have seen, economic earthquakes often result in political shockwaves. […] He highlights a correlation between those states with the highest robot density and those states that unexpectedly swung behind Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, namely Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.2019 July 11, John Thornhill, “Does tech threaten to rerun the worst of the Industrial Revolution?”, in Financial Times

Forms of shockwave

pluralshockwaves

Words formed from shockwave

Phrases with shockwave

Questions about shockwave

What is shockwave the alternative spelling of?
Shockwave is the alternative spelling of shock wave.

Words near shockwave in the dictionary

  1. shocktroop
  2. shocktroops
  3. shockumentaries
  4. shockumentary
  5. shockvertising
  6. shockwave
  7. shockwaves
  8. shockworker
  9. shockworkers
  10. shocky
  11. shoco

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