supersonic
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From super- + sonic. Doublet of hypersonic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]supersonic (not comparable)
- (of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).
- (colloquial, of a sound) Ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- (speed): plasmasonic, hypersonic, transonic, subsonic
- (sound): infrasonic, sonic
Translations
[edit]greater than the speed of sound
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ultrasonic — see ultrasonic
Noun
[edit]supersonic (plural supersonics)
- An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.
Translations
[edit]aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound
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See also
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[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French supersonique.
Adjective
[edit]supersonic m or n (feminine singular supersonică, masculine plural supersonici, feminine and neuter plural supersonice)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | supersonic | supersonică | supersonici | supersonice | |||
definite | supersonicul | supersonica | supersonicii | supersonicele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | supersonic | supersonice | supersonici | supersonice | |||
definite | supersonicului | supersonicei | supersonicilor | supersonicelor |
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