shock front

noun

1. the forward boundary surface of a shock wave.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shock front¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Eventually pressure from interstellar matter checks the heliosphere's expansion, creating a boundary—preceded by an enormous shock front, the “termination shock”—with interstellar space.

From Scientific American

From the air, the explosion’s shock front could be seen racing across the lagoon toward an armada of ninety mothballed warships—American, German, and Japanese—which were moored nearby.

From The New Yorker

Of the absence of fireworks, he said: "This is factually correct, but no models actually predicted increased accretion in 2014 - that would come later only. So the absence now is not telling much, I fear. "On the other hand, it was estimated that the shock front of G2 rushing through the ambient gas might be observable.

From BBC

When clouds of gas slam into one another, they warm up, causing a shock front where magnetic fields get compressed.

From Nature

When clouds of gas slam into one another, they warm up, causing a shock front where magnetic fields get compressed.

From Scientific American