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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Adjective
subsonic (not comparable)
- (of a sound, scientific) having a frequency too low to be audible
- (of a sound, literary) very quiet, almost inaudible
- The noise of the ship was all around her. The faint subsonic rumble of the reactor and drive. (Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey)
- (of a speed) (aviation) less than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure)
- 2020 February 9, Alina Selyukh, “British Airways Sets Record, Crossing The Atlantic In Under 5 Hours In Strong Winds”, in NPR:
- But British Airways Flight 112 made the trek in under five hours, setting a new record for the fastest subsonic commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
- (fluid mechanics, of a flow) with a Mach number such that 0.3 < Ma < 0.8 (approximately - the exact limits vary between sources)
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Translations
(of a speed) less than the speed of sound
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Noun
subsonic (plural subsonics)
- an aircraft whose maximum speed is less than the speed of sound
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French subsonique.
Pronunciation
Adjective
subsonic m or n (feminine singular subsonică, masculine plural subsonici, feminine and neuter plural subsonice)
- subsonic
- Synonym: subacustic
- Antonym: hipersonic
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