countershock

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ shock.

Noun

countershock (plural countershocks)

1. A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
   • 2015 July 11, “The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort at Sibudu and Blombos: Understanding Middle Stone Age Technologies”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     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 ].