aftershock

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").

   “It was not a peace that brought joy – it was one that created an oppressive tension like the calm between a major earthquake and the aftershock.”

2. isim By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.

   “The collapse of the financial market sixty days later was the aftershock.”

3. isim Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.

   “Far from being an emotional aftershock following an event that upsets our whole world, horror is what first discloses to us the upsetting possibility that our world as a whole can cease to be.”