subsonic
subsonic adjective: having a frequency too low to be audible.
Adjective
subsonic (not comparable)
- having a frequency too low to be audible
- very quiet, almost inaudible
- The noise of the ship was all around her. The faint subsonic rumble of the reactor and drive. (Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey)
- (aviation) less than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure)
- But British Airways Flight 112 made the trek in under five hours, setting a new record for the fastest subsonic commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean.2020 February 9, Alina Selyukh, “British Airways Sets Record, Crossing The Atlantic In Under 5 Hours In Strong Winds”, in NPR
- with a Mach number such that 0.3 < Ma < 0.8 (approximately - the exact limits vary between sources)
Noun
subsonic (plural subsonics)
- an aircraft whose maximum speed is less than the speed of sound
subsonic meaning in Bengali and Tagalog
subsonic in Bengali
- শব্দের গতির চেয়ে ধীর
subsonic in Tagalog
- (of a speed) less than the speed of sound
- kubnugin
Forms of subsonic
| plural | subsonics |
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Origin of subsonic
From sub- + sonic.
Words formed from subsonic
Words that rhyme with subsonic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- ionic
- laconic
- masonic
- mnemonic
- monic
- monophonic
- monotonic
- pythonic
- Teutonic
- catatonic
- colonic
- histrionic
- homophonic
- infrasonic
- moronic
- planktonic
- platonic
- polytonic
- sardonic
- Slavonic
- sonic
- supersonic
- syntonic
- ambisonic
- anionic
- aplatonic
- apophonic
- arachidonic
- autochthonic
- avionic
- bacterioplanktonic
- Bonnick
- bosonic
- breviconic
- bubonic
- Byronic
- carbonic
- chthonic
- clonic
- conic
- cryonic
- Decameronic
- diatonic
- eugonic
- euphonic
- eutonic
- glyconic
- hadronic
Questions about subsonic
- What does subsonic mean?
- Subsonic means having a frequency too low to be audible.
- What is subsonic in Bengali?
- Subsonic in Bengali is শব্দের গতির চেয়ে ধীর. See Subsonic meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is subsonic?
- Subsonic can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near subsonic in the dictionary
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