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    Shock diamonds (also known as Mach diamonds or thrust diamonds) are a formation of standing wave patterns that appear in the supersonic exhaust plume of...
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    Metal who was more than just a poseur using a devilish image for shock value". Diamond has expressed concern that religion has led so many people to kill...
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    In physics, a shock wave (also spelled shockwave), or shock, is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the...
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  • Shock Diamonds is a tone poem for large orchestra, by American composer Geoffrey Gordon. Inspired by the visually stunning shock waves (called shock diamonds)...
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    Vapor cone (category Shock waves)
    A vapor cone (also known as a Mach diamond, shock collar, or shock egg) is a visible cloud of condensed water that can sometimes form around an object...
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    Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Diamond as a form of carbon is a tasteless...
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    An oblique shock wave is a shock wave that, unlike a normal shock, is inclined with respect to the direction of incoming air. It occurs when a supersonic...
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    is 16,000 lbf (71,000 N). The visible exhaust may show shock diamonds, which are caused by shock waves formed due to slight differences between ambient...
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    diamond (LGD), also called a lab-grown diamond, laboratory-created, man-made, artisan-created, artificial, synthetic, or cultured diamond, is diamond...
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  • G-Shock is a line of watches manufactured by the Japanese electronics company Casio, designed to resist mechanical stress, shock and vibration. G-Shock...
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    Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the...
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  • 1016/S0375-9474(99)85017-9. S2CID 15893165. Scott, Jeff (17 April 2005). "Shock Diamonds and Mach Disks". Aerospaceweb.org. Retrieved 6 November 2011. Zakharov...
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  • Seaplane base – Second line – Sectional chart – Self-sealing fuel tank – Shock diamond – Shcramjet – Signal square – Spatial disorientation – Spar – Spin (flight)...
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    particulates-free, and lead-free. It is also smokeless and has only a faint shock diamond pattern that is visible in the otherwise transparent exhaust. Without...
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    that "stacking disordered diamond" is the most accurate structural description of lonsdaleite. On the other hand, recent shock experiments with in situ...
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    over-expanded (exit pressure less than ambient; shock diamonds form outside the nozzle), or grossly over-expanded (a shock wave forms inside the nozzle extension)...
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    crew, B-50 mothership, and support equipment. The X-2's twin set of shock diamonds in the exhaust plume, characteristic of supersonic conditions from a...
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  • Shock Troopers is a run and gun arcade game developed by Saurus and published by SNK in 1997 for the Neo-Geo arcade MVS platform. Gameplay involves taking...
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  • BioShock is a 2007 first-person shooter game developed by 2K Boston (later Irrational Games) and 2K Australia, and published by 2K. The first game in...
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    NFPA 704 (redirect from NFPA fire diamond)
    revised several times since then, it defines the "Safety Square" or "Fire Diamond" which is used to quickly and easily identify the risks posed by hazardous...
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    first stage. The 33 individual plumes interact to produce gigantic shock diamonds in the exhaust. The booster uses four electrically actuated grid fins...
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    RS-25 test firing. The bright area at the bottom of the picture is a Shock diamond Country of origin United States First flight April 12, 1981 (1981-04-12)...
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  • Although diamonds on Earth are rare, extraterrestrial diamonds (diamonds formed outside of Earth) are very common. Diamonds small enough that they contain...
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  • Havlin Shock (fluid dynamics) Shock (mechanics) Shock capturing methods Shock diamond Shock metamorphism Shock stall Shock tube Shock wave Shock waves...
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    The Antwerp diamond heist, dubbed the "heist of the century", was the largest ever diamond heist and one of the largest robberies in history. Thieves stole...
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  • A supply shock is an event that suddenly increases or decreases the supply of a commodity or service, or of commodities and services in general. This...
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  • King Diamond: A different kind of Phantom of the Opera". Baltimore Post Examiner. Retrieved July 17, 2023. Tolinski, Brad (June 6, 2011). "Shock Rock...
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  • Shock metamorphism or impact metamorphism describes the effects of shock-wave related deformation and heating during impact events. The formation of similar...
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    brightly glowing rhomboid "shock diamonds" visible inside the exhaust. The Russians gave the emergency power setting its "diamond regime" name, never used...
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    Kimberley, Western Australia. This theory posits that a seismic shock propelled colorless diamonds to the surface and altered their molecular structure, causing...
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