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transonic

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

Meanings of transonic

4 meanings

adjective

  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.

  4. (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level

    “a sonic boom”

    Similar: sonic

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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adjective: (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal …

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