Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

countershock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ter-shock
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse

Example Sentences

"This kind of break by countershock in the haft occurs on Paleoindian bifacial point and has been reproduced experimentally on replicas of Paleoindian and Solutrean shouldered points [63 ]."

Etymology

From counter- + shock.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: counter

Inflected Forms

countershocks (plural)

Questions

What does countershock mean?: A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
Where does countershock come from?: From counter- + shock.

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