Mach
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Proper noun
Mach
- Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist 1838 - 1916.
[edit] Noun
Mach
- (physics) a ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds.
- The jet traveled at Mach 3.
- (physics) the Mach number
[edit] Translations
ratio
the Mach number
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[edit] Usage notes
- Never plural.
- Always precedes the number, as in the example above.
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
Mach m. inv.
- Mach (number)
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[edit] Etymology
From German Macht.
[edit] Noun
Mach
