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

Afrikaans: skokgolf
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: موجة صادمة‎
Armenian: հարվածային ալիք (hy) (harvacayin alikʿ)
Azerbaijani: zərbə dalğası
Basque: talka-uhin
Belarusian: ударная хваля f (udarnaja xvalja)
Bengali: ঘাত তরঙ্গ (ghat tôrôṅgô)
Bulgarian: ударна вълна f (udarna vǎlna)
Catalan: ona de xoc f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 激波 (zh) (jībō)
Czech: rázová vlna f
Danish: chokbølge c
Dutch: schokgolf (nl) m
Esperanto: ŝokondo
Estonian: lööklaine (et)
Finnish: iskuaalto
French: onde de choc (fr) f
Galician: onda de choque f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Stoßwelle (de) f, Schockwelle (de) f
Hebrew: גל הלם‎
Hungarian: lökéshullám
Indonesian: gelombang kejut
Irish: tonn turrainge
Italian: onda d'urto f
Japanese: 衝撃波 (しょうげきは, shōgekiha)
Kazakh: соққы толқыны (soqqy tolqyny)
Korean: 충격파 (chunggyeokpa)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: smūginė banga f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sjokkbølge m or f
Nynorsk: sjokkbølgje f, sjokkbylgje f
Persian: موج ضربه‌ای‎
Polish: fala uderzeniowa
Portuguese: onda de choque f
Romanian: undă de șoc (ro) f
Russian: уда́рная волна́ (ru) f (udárnaja volná)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: onda de choque f
Swedish: chockvåg, chockfront
Thai: คลื่นกระแทก
Turkish: şok dalgası
Ukrainian: ударна хвиля f (udarna xvylja)
Uzbek: zarba toʻlqini
Vietnamese: sóng xung kích (vi)

Any violent disturbance