countershock

noun

countershock

noun

Etymology From counter- + shock.

1

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

  • 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 ].2015 July 11, “The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort at Sibudu and Blombos: Understanding Middle Stone Age Technologies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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