激波

jībō

noun

Meanings

1 shock wave (physics)

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Examples

超音速飞行会产生激波。

Chāoyīnsù fēixíng huì chǎnshēng jībō.

Supersonic flight generates shock waves.

激波在大气中以超过声速的速度传播。

Jībō zài dàqì zhōng yǐ chāoguò shēngsù de sùdù chuánbō.

A shock wave propagates through the atmosphere faster than the speed of sound.

Tips

usage

激波 is the physics/aerospace term. The everyday/explosion word for shock wave is 冲击波 (chōngjībō) — 激波 stays in textbooks and aerodynamics papers.

Stroke Order

激 jī

波 bō