By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
Rapid reiteration of the same sound.