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Definition of shock stall:

(n) : (aviation) A stall (“sudden loss of lift”) caused when the airflow over an aircraft's wings is disturbed by shock waves that occurs at a specific Mach number when the aircraft is accelerating to transonic speeds.
(v) : (intransitive, aviation) Of an aircraft or a component of it: to undergo a shock stall.

Definition of shock stall:

(n) : (aviation) A stall (“sudden loss of lift”) caused when the airflow over an aircraft's wings is disturbed by shock waves that occurs at a specific Mach number when the aircraft is accelerating to transonic speeds.
(v) : (intransitive, aviation) Of an aircraft or a component of it: to undergo a shock stall.

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