supersonic

English

Etymology

super- +‎ sonic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Adjective

supersonic (not comparable)

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

Related terms

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

Translations

greater than the speed of sound

• Catalan: supersònic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超音速 (zh) (chāoyīnsù)

• Czech: nadzvukový (cs), supersonický (cs)
• Finnish: ääntä nopeampi, yliääni-
• French: supersonique (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ზებგერითი (ka) (zebgeriti)
• German: Überschall-
• Greek: υπερηχητικός (el) (yperichitikós)
• Hindi: पराध्वनिक (parādhvanik)
• Italian: supersonico (it)
• Japanese: 超音速 (ちょうおんそく, chōonsoku)
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• Korean: 초음파의 (cho'eumpaui), 초음속의 (cho'eumsogui)
• Marathi: स्वनातीत (svanātīt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: supersonisk

  Nynorsk: supersonisk

• Polish: naddźwiękowy (pl)
• Portuguese: supersónico m (Portugal), supersônico (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: supersonic (ro)
• Russian: сверхзвуково́й (ru) (sverxzvukovój)
• Spanish: supersónico (es)
• Tagalog: hignugin

ultrasonic — see ultrasonic

Noun

supersonic (plural supersonics)

1. An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.

See also

• superluminal

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