bowshockとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈbaʊʃɑk/

名詞

bow shock (plural bow shocks)

1. (fluid dynamics) A shock wave formed by the bow of an object travelling at supersonic speed.
2. (astronomy) The region of the magnetosphere in which the solar wind slows from supersonic to subsonic.
3. A bow wave.

同意語

• (aviation, fluid dynamics): detached shock

等位語

(astronomy): heliopause, heliosheath, heliosphere

関連する語

• (astronomy): termination shock

参考

• (astronomy): interstellar space