supersonic

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Adjective

supersonic (not comparable)

1. (of a speed) greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure)
2. (colloquial, of a sound) ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible

Related terms

• (speed) plasmasonic, hypersonic, transonic, subsonic
• (sound) infrasonic, sonic

Translations

• French: supersonique
• German: Überschall
• Italian: supersonico
• Portuguese: supersónico (Portugal), supersônico (Brazil)
• Russian: сверхзвуково́й
• Spanish: supersónico

Noun

supersonic (plural supersonics)

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

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