Mach

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See also: mach, Mach., mách, and mạch

Contents

1 English
2 Italian
- 2.1 Noun
3 Portuguese
- 3.1 Noun
4 Unserdeutsch
- 4.1 Etymology
- 4.2 Noun

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation)
- IPA^(key): /mɑːk/, /mæk/, /maːx/

Proper noun[edit]

Mach

Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist 1838 - 1916.

Noun[edit]

Mach (uncountable)

(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

Translations[edit]

ratio

Dutch: mach (nl) m, f
German: Mach n

Portuguese: Mach m
Spanish: Mach

the Mach number

Dutch: machgetal n
Finnish: Machin luku
German: Mach-Zahl f

Portuguese: Mach m, número de Mach m, número Mach m
Spanish: número Mach m, Mach

Usage notes[edit]

Never plural.
Always precedes the number, as in the example above.

Anagrams[edit]

ACMH, Cham, HAMC, cham

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

Mach m (invariable)

Mach (number)

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

Mach m (plural Machs)

(physics) Mach (ratio of speed to the speed of sound)

Unserdeutsch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Macht.

Noun[edit]

Mach

might, power

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