shock tube

noun

1. an apparatus in which a gas is heated to very high temperatures by means of a shock wave, usually for spectroscopic investigation of the natures and reactions of the resulting radicals and excited molecules

Example Sentences

The Rogan leader, two of his surviving arms propping feebly against the bench, was pointing a shock-tube squarely at him!

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While the Rogan leader was still several feet away, she retrieved the shock-tube.

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A panicky policeman triggered it, firing his Aztlan-built shock tube into the forefront of the mob.

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With a cry, Dex dashed the useless shock-tube down on the reaching arms.

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As he walked he kept his gaze covertly on that shock-tube that dangled in the leader's grasp.

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