Tissue factor, also called platelet tissue factor, factor III, thromboplastin, or CD142 is a protein present in subendothelial tissue and leukocytes necessary for the initiation of thrombin formation from the zymogen prothrombin.
Translations for 'shock wave'. British English: shock wave NOUN. shockwave A shock wave is an area of very high pressure moving through the air, earth, or water. It is caused by an explosion or an earthquake, or by an object travelling faster than sound.The shock waves yesterday were felt across the region.
A shock wave is extremely thin, the shock wave normally. only being a few mean free paths thick. A shock-wave is. analogous in many ways to a âhydraulic-jumpâ that occurs in. free-surface liquid flows, a hydraulic jump being shown. schematically below.