superacoustic

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English

Etymology

super- +‎ acoustic

Adjective

superacoustic (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of supersonic
    • 2016, Frank Verheest, Carel P. Olivier, Willy A. Hereman, “Modified Korteweg-de Vries solitons at supercritical densities in two-electron temperature plasmas”, in Journal of Plasma Physics[1], volume vol. 82:
      This comparison shows that the mKdV solitons have slightly larger amplitudes and widths than those obtained from the more complete Sagdeev solution and that only slightly superacoustic mKdV solitons have acceptable amplitudes and widths, in the light of the full solutions..