Mach

See also: mach, Mach., mách, and mạch

English

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mach

1. Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist 1838 - 1916.

Noun

Mach ‎(uncountable)

1. (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.

2. (physics) the Mach number

Translations

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

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

Anagrams

• cham

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Italian

Noun

Mach m ‎(invariable)

1. Mach (number)

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Portuguese

Noun

Mach m (plural Machs)

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

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Unserdeutsch

Etymology

From German Macht.

Noun

Mach

1. might, power