transonic

transonic

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ sonic

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.

Coordinate terms

• plasmasonic
• hypersonic
• supersonic
• subsonic

Related terms

• transonically
• transonics

Translations

just above or below the speed of sound

French: transsonique (fr)

Italian: transonico (it)

See also

• sound barrier

Anagrams

• consarn it, consarnit, constrain, introscan, non-racist, nonracist