supersonic

supersonic

English

Etymology

super- +‎ sonic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

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

greater than the speed of sound

Chinese: Mandarin: 超音速 (zh) (chāoyīnsù) Czech: nadzvukový (cs), supersonický (cs) Finnish: ääntä nopeampi French: supersonique (fr) m or f Georgian: ზებგერითი (ka) (zebgeriti) German: Überschall- Greek: υπερηχητικός (el) (yperichitikós) Hindi: पराध्वनिक (parādhvanik) Italian: supersonico (it) Japanese: 超音速 (ちょうおんそく, chōonsoku)

Korean: 초음파의 (cho-eumpaui), 초음속의 (cho-eumsogui) Marathi: स्वनातीत (svanātīt) Norwegian: Bokmål: supersonisk Nynorsk: supersonisk Polish: naddźwiękowy (pl) Portuguese: supersónico m (Portugal), supersônico (pt) m (Brazil) Romanian: supersonic (ro) Russian: сверхзвуково́й (ru) (sverxzvukovój) Tagalog: hignugin

ultrasonic — see ultrasonic

Noun

supersonic (plural supersonics)

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

See also

• superluminal

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