Countershock
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Countershock is a noun meaning A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse.
Meaning
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse.
Example Sentences
This kind of break by countershock in the haft occurs on Paleoindian bifacial point and has been reproduced experimentally on replicas of Paleoindian and Solutrean shouldered points [63 ].
Word Forms
- countershocks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include counterstimulation, counterreversal, retroaction, retrograde, counter-commute, reperturbation.
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