English Explanatory Dictionary

shockfront

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the leading edge of a shock wave; the rapidly expanding interface between a pressure disturbance created, for example, by an explosion and the surrounding environment.

Word forms

shockfront shockfronts shock front

Etymology

From shock + front.

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