Usually means: Shock wave ahead of object.
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  1. bow shock: Merriam-Webster
  2. bow shock: Wiktionary
  3. bow shock: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. bow shock: Dictionary.com
  5. Bow shock (aerodynamics), Bow shock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. BOW SHOCK: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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  1. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL TERMS (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (bow shock)

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

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