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boomless cruise

boomless cruise noun: a technique for supersonic flight where the sonic boom does not reach the Earth's surface, by taking advantage of atmospheric conditions to refract the shockwave upwards, away from the ground.

Noun

boomless cruise (countable and uncountable, plural boomless cruises)

  1. A technique for supersonic flight where the sonic boom does not reach the Earth's surface, by taking advantage of atmospheric conditions to refract the shockwave upwards, away from the ground.

Forms of boomless cruise

pluralboomless cruises
alternative formboom-less cruise

Origin of boomless cruise

boom + -less + cruise. From eliminating the apparent sonic boom during the supersonic cruise portion of a flight.

Questions about boomless cruise

What does boomless cruise mean?
Boomless cruise means a technique for supersonic flight where the sonic boom does not reach the Earth's surface, by taking advantage of atmospheric conditions to refract the shockwave upwards, away from the ground.
What part of speech is boomless cruise?
Boomless cruise is a noun.
What is the plural of boomless cruise?
The plural of boomless cruise is boomless cruises.

Words near boomless cruise in the dictionary

  1. boomings
  2. boomity
  3. boomkin
  4. boomkins
  5. boomless
  6. boomless cruise
  7. boomlet
  8. boomlets
  9. boomlike
  10. boomorah
  11. boompipe

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