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bow shock (plural bow shocks)
- (fluid dynamics) A shock wave formed by the bow of an object travelling at supersonic speed.
- (astronomy) The region of the magnetosphere in which the solar wind slows from supersonic to subsonic.
- A bow wave.
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(astronomy): heliopause, heliosheath, heliosphere
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