hypersonic

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ sonic. Doublet of supersonic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hypersonic (comparative more hypersonic, superlative most hypersonic)

1. (aviation) Of a speed, equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound.
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     He said there was worry among intelligence and military officials that China or Russia could be experimenting with hypersonic technology.

2. (aeronautics) Of a speed, far enough above the speed of sound as to cause significant differences in behaviour due to chemical reactions or dissociation of the air.

Derived terms

• HGV
• hypersonically
• hypersonic bomb
• hypersonic glide vehicle
• hypersonic missile
• hypersonics
• hypersonic weapon

Related terms

• plasmasonic
• subsonic
• supersonic
• transonic

Translations

five times the speed of sound

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: hipersoniko
• Belarusian: гіпергукавы́ (hipjerhukavý)
• Bulgarian: хиперзву́ков (hiperzvúkov)
• Catalan: hipersònic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高超音速 (gāochāoyīnsù) (Mainland China), 極音速 / 极音速 (jíyīnsù) (Taiwan)

• Czech: hypersonický
• Danish: hypersonisk
• Dutch: hypersonisch (nl), hypersoon (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: ülehelikiirus
• Finnish: yliääni-, hypersooninen (fi)
• French: hypersonique (fr)
• Georgian: ჰიპერბგერითი (hiṗerbgeriti)
• German: hypersonisch
• Hindi: अतिध्वनिक (atidhvanik)
• Hungarian: hiperszonikus (hu)
• Italian: ipersonico (it)
• Japanese: 極超音速 (ごくちょうおんそく, gokuchōonsoku)
• Kazakh: гипердыбыстық (giperdybystyq)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hypersonisk

• Polish: hiperdźwiękowy
• Portuguese: hipersónico (Portugal), hipersônico (Brazil)
• Romanian: hipersonic (ro)
• Russian: гиперзвуково́й (ru) (giperzvukovój)
• Slovak: hypersonický
• Spanish: hipersónico (es)
• Swedish: hypersonisk
• Tagalog: sukdulnugin
• Tamil: அதிமீயொலிவேகம் (atimīyolivēkam)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: гіперзвукови́й (hiperzvukovýj)

See also

• scramjet

Anagrams

• Honeycrisp