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Mach waves

Mach waves is the plural of Mach wave.

Meaning of Mach wave

Noun

Mach wave (plural Mach waves)

  1. A pressure wave travelling at the speed of sound, caused by a slight change of pressure added to a compressible flow.

Questions about Mach waves

What is Mach waves the plural of?
Mach waves is the plural of Mach wave.

Words near Mach waves in the dictionary

  1. Mach tuck
  2. Mach tucked
  3. Mach tucking
  4. Mach tucks
  5. Mach wave
  6. Mach waves
  7. Mach's conjecture
  8. Mach's principle
  9. Mach-Zehnder interferometer
  10. Mach-Zehnder interferometers
  11. mach.

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