0 (the emotional or physical reaction to) a sudden, unexpected, and usually unpleasant event or experience: --
It's really hard getting back to work after three months off - it's quite a shock to the system.
UK Manchester City suffered a shock defeat (= completely unexpected defeat) at the weekend.
I was in (a state of) shock for about two weeks after the accident.
Her mother's death came as a great shock - it was so unexpected.
1 an electric shock : --
Ow! - I got a shock from that lamp!
2 a medical condition caused by severe injury, pain, loss of blood, or fear that slows down the flow of blood around the body: --
Several passengers from the wrecked vehicle were taken to hospital suffering from shock.
3 the effect of one object violently hitting another, causing damage or a slight movement: --
4 a feeling of being offended or upset by something you consider wrong or unacceptable: --
5 a large and noticeable mass of hair: --
In particular, we shall argue that time-independent intermediate shocks can exist in the real world, but are exceptional.
Two possibilities still remain for the flow behind the shock while the similarity solution is valid.
Severe sepsis and septic shock : defining the clinical problem.
Some parameter s may be found to classify shock types.
Study of the membrane effect on turbulent mixing measurements in shock tubes.
A consistent decrease of all turbulence lengthscales was observed across the interaction also for strong shocks.
The shock breakout times for different targets were recorded at the same absorbed laser intensity.
These shocks occurred in rapid succession (1883-1901).
