supersonic

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

super- +‎ sonic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Adjective

supersonic (not comparable)

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

Related terms

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

Translations

having a frequency too high to be audible

French: ultrasonore (fr) m. and f. Romanian: supersonic (ro)

Russian: ультразвуковой (ru) (ul'trazvukovój)

greater than the speed of sound

Chinese: Mandarin: 超音速 (zh) (chāoyīnsù) Czech: nadzvukový (cs) Finnish: ääntä nopeampi French: supersonique (fr) m. and f.

German: Überschall- (de) Italian: supersonico (it) Japanese: 超音速 (ja) (ちょうおんそく, chōonsoku) Romanian: supersonic (ro) Russian: сверхзвуковой (ru) (sverxzvukovój)

See also

• superluminal

Anagrams

• croupiness
• percussion