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transonic

transonic adjective: just below, or just above, the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately).

Adjective

transonic (not comparable)

  1. Just below, or just above, the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately).
  2. Passing from subsonic to supersonic, or vice versa.
  3. Travelling through a fluid (commonly air) at a speed where regions of supersonic and subsonic flow coexist simultaneously over different portions of the surface of the moving object in question.

Forms of transonic

alternative formtranssonic

Origin of transonic

From tran- + sonic.

Questions about transonic

What does transonic mean?
Transonic means just below, or just above, the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately).
What part of speech is transonic?
Transonic is an adjective.

Words near transonic in the dictionary

  1. transomless
  2. transoms
  3. transonance
  4. transonances
  5. transondent
  6. transonic
  7. transonically
  8. transonics
  9. transoperative
  10. transoral
  11. transorally

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