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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"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blast Wave
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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