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    3. 衝撃波

    衝撃波

    衝しょう撃げき波は

    shock wave

    KMT9News #31+1NounScience & MathKanji Vocab38 strokes

    しょうげきは

    Noun

    1.
    shock wave

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    爆ばく発はつで衝しょう撃げき波はが発はっ生せいした。

    A shock wave was generated by the explosion.

    KMT7Science & Math
    超ちょう音おん速そくで飛ひ行こうする物ぶっ体たいは、衝しょう撃げき波はを発はっ生せいさせます。

    Objects flying at supersonic speeds generate shock waves.

    KMT9Science & Math
    宇う宙ちゅう空くう間かんでの超ちょう新しん星せい爆ばく発はつは、広こう大だいな衝しょう撃げき波はを発はっ生せいさせる。

    Supernova explosions in space generate vast shock waves.

    KMT9Science & Math
    医い療りょう分ぶん野やでは、体たい外がい衝しょう撃げき波は砕さい石せき術じゅつが尿にょう路ろ結けっ石せきの治ち療りょうに用もちいられる。

    In the medical field, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is used for the treatment of urinary tract stones.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    衝しょう撃げき波はは、音おん速そくを超こえる速そく度どで伝でん播ぱする圧あつ力りょく波はであり、その背はい後ごには急きゅう激げきな物ぶつ理り量りょうの変へん化かを伴ともなう。

    A shock wave is a pressure wave that propagates at a speed exceeding the speed of sound, accompanied by rapid changes in physical quantities behind it.

    KMT10Science & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    衝
    つ.く…(1)
    collide・brunt・highway・opposition (astronomy)・thrust…(3)
    撃
    う.つ…(1)
    beat・attack・defeat・conquer
    波
    なみ…(5)
    waves・billows・Poland
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