- bow shock wave
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English-Chinese dictionary of mechanical engineering (英汉机械工程大词典). 2013.
bow shock wave
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bow shock wave/bow wave — A shock wave that forms when the aircraft is flying at a speed faster than the speed of sound. A bow wave is a shock wave in front of a body, such as an airfoil, or is apparently attached to the forward tip of the body … Aviation dictionary
bow|shock — bow shock, or bow|shock «BOW SHOK», noun. the shock wave caused by the impact of a planet s magnetic field on solar wind: »About 20 minutes before the spacecraft reached its closest distance to Mercury (about 466 miles), there were very clear… … Useful english dictionary
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
bow shock — ˈbau̇ noun Etymology: so called from a similarity to the wave pattern produced at the bow of a ship : the shock wave formed by the collision of the supersonic charged particles of a stellar wind with another medium (as the magnetosphere of a… … Useful english dictionary
Bow shock — A bow shock is a boundary between a magnetosphere and an ambient medium. For stars, this is typically the boundary between their stellar wind and the interstellar medium.In a planetary magnetosphere, the bow shock is the boundary at which the… … Wikipedia
Bow shock (aerodynamics) — For other uses, see Bow shock. A blunt body fired from a gun against a supersonic flow in a wind tunnel, producing a bow shock. A bow shock, also called a detached shock, is a curved, stationary shock wave that is found in supersonic flow past a… … Wikipedia
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
bow shock — noun Date: 1950 the shock wave formed by the collision of a stellar wind with another medium (as the magnetosphere of a planet) … New Collegiate Dictionary
bow wave — /bow/ 1. the wave generated on either side of a vessel s bow by its forward movement through the water. 2. a type of shock wave formed in front of a body moving at supersonic speed. [1875 80] * * * ▪ physics progressive disturbance… … Universalium
bow wave — bou noun 1. : the wave on either side of the bow of a ship under way 2. : shock wave * * * /bow/ 1. the wave generated on either side of a vessel s bow by its forward movement through the water. 2. a type of shock wave formed in front of a body… … Useful english dictionary
wave — Synonyms and related words: Afro, accost, address, advertise, affect, air, ambages, amplitude, anfractuosity, antinode, barber, be poised, beat, beat the drum, betoken, bicker, billow, blazon forth, bob, bobble, bore, bow, brandish, brandishing,… … Moby Thesaurus
