countershock

Etymology

From counter- + shock.

countershock means A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

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 ].”