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supersonic

supersonic adjective: greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).

supersonic: greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure)
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Adjective

supersonic (not comparable)

  1. Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).
    • supersonic jet
    • supersonic movement
  2. (colloquial) Ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible.

Noun

supersonic (plural supersonics)

  1. An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.

supersonic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

supersonic in Hindi

greater than the speed of sound
पराध्वनिक parādhvanik

supersonic in Tamil

மீயொலி, மீகவொலி, மிகையொலிவேக

supersonic in Marathi

greater than the speed of sound
स्वनातीत svanātīt

supersonic in Urdu

سپرسونک
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supersonic in Bengali
সুপারসনিক, সুপারসোনিক
supersonic in Telugu
సూపర్సోనిక్, సూపర్సానిక్
supersonic in Malayalam
സൂപ്പർസോണിക്
supersonic in Kannada
ಧ್ವನಿವೇಗಾಧಿಕ, ಧ್ವನಿಯ ವೇಗವನ್ನು ಮೀರಿಸುವ, ಶಬ್ದವೇಗವನ್ನೂ ಮೀರಬಲ್ಲ, ಮೀರಿದುಲಿಪು
supersonic in Punjabi
ਸੁਪਰਸੋਨਿਕ
supersonic in Gujarati
સુપરસોનિક, સુપરસૉનિક, સુપરસોનીક
supersonic in Odia
ସୁପରସୋନିକ୍, ସୁପରସୋନିକ, ସୁପର୍ସୋନିକ
supersonic in Nepali
सुपरसोनिक, सुपरसॉनिक, सुपरसोनीक
supersonic in Tagalog
hignugin

Forms of supersonic

pluralsupersonics

Origin of supersonic

From super- + sonic. Doublet of hypersonic.

Words formed from supersonic

Phrases with supersonic

Words that rhyme with supersonic

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Questions about supersonic

What does supersonic mean?
Supersonic means greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).
What is supersonic in Hindi?
Supersonic in Hindi is पराध्वनिक (parādhvanik). See Supersonic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is supersonic?
Supersonic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near supersonic in the dictionary

  1. supersolitons
  2. supersolution
  3. supersolutions
  4. supersolvability
  5. supersolvable
  6. supersonic
  7. supersonic heterodyne receiver
  8. supersonic heterodyne receivers
  9. supersonically
  10. supersonicate
  11. supersonicated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: supersonic (page history and authors); supersonic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); supersonic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supersonic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supersonic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supersonic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supersonic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); supersonic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supersonic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supersonic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supersonic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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