Definition of Blast wave

1. Noun. A region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity. "The explosion created a shock wave"

Exact synonyms: Shock Wave
Generic synonyms: Undulation, Wave
Specialized synonyms: Sonic Boom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blast Wave

blast
blast-off
blast away
blast beat
blast cell
blast crisis
blast from the past
blast furnace
blast furnaces
blast injuries
blast injury
blast off
blast phase
blast transformation
blast trauma
blast wave (current term)
blastable
blasted
blastedly
blastemal
blastemas
blastemata
blastematic
blastemic
blaster
blasters
blastic
blasticidin
blasticidin S-acetyltransferase

Literary usage of Blast wave

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Frederic Solomon (1986)
"A 1 MEGATON AIR BURST-1.8 SECONDS 1 Mt 1 Mt Nuclear and Thermal Radiation Fireball Primary blast wave Front III 1 III Miles 01 23456 1 MEGATON AIR BURST-4.6 ..."

2. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"See also shock wave. blast wave diffraction—(DOD, NATO) The passage around and envelopment of a structure by the nuclear blast wave. bleeding cage—(DOD, ..."

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