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transsonic

transsonic is the alternative form of transonic.

Meaning of transonic

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.

Questions about transsonic

What is transsonic the alternative form of?
Transsonic is the alternative form of transonic.

Words near transsonic in the dictionary

  1. transsialidases
  2. transsiberian
  3. Transsilvania
  4. transsilylation
  5. transsilylations
  6. transsonic
  7. transsonics
  8. transspatial
  9. transspatially
  10. transspecies
  11. transspecific

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