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shock wave

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shock wave

Summary

shock wave has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • shock wave is a type of wave[2].
  • shock wave is a type of disruption[3].
  • shock wave's Commons category is recorded as Shock waves[4].
  • shock wave's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shock waves[5].
  • shock wave's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • shock wave's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[7].
  • shock wave's has characteristic is recorded as discontinuity[8].
  • shock wave's greater than is recorded as speed of sound[9].
  • shock wave's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include wave[2] and disruption[3].

Why It Matters

shock wave has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0277473-razove-vlny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0277473-razove-vlny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Fluid dynamics
    Greater than → speed of sound
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4215540
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007538965105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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