supersonic
IPA: supɝsˈɑnɪk
noun
- An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.
adjective
- (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.
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Examples of "supersonic" in Sentences
- This can lead to supersonic fracture.
- Please prepare for supersonic takeoff .
- It is designed to be a supersonic bomber.
- Comparison with other supersonic aircraft.
- It was to be a six runway supersonic airport.
- Then there is supersonic flow over the airplane.
- Australia and early interest in supersonic flow.
- An ogress born with the talent of a supersonic voice.
- The velocity is supersonic relative to the surrounding interstellar medium.
- Behind the spinner was the intake area and the supersonic compressor stage.
- Now this fighter does milder duty as a kind of supersonic joyride for the superrich.
- I had to tiptoe past him because those blind guys ... they've got some kind of supersonic hearing or something.
- One car where you * could* actually let the "supersonic" blue slide: P posted 4 months ago by Andrew I (guest) * Congrats!
- The Institute, looking further into the future, is investigating the problems likely to be encountered in supersonic flight.
- The engine on the X-51, called a supersonic-combustion ramjet, or "scramjet," pulls off a couple of especially tricky tasks.
- There's a fair amount of voice on it, and you can hear Denio hit one of her "supersonic" stratospheres on "The Shop of Wild Dreams."
- Cochran, sometimes called the "Speed Queen," held a slew of aviation records and became the first woman to go "supersonic" with Chuck Yeager flying her chase plane.
- Iran test-fired what it calls a supersonic ballistic surface-to-sea missile today in a dramatic ceremony that saw the missile crash into a ship that went up in smoke.
- It is then repeated several times, and I realise what we are hearing is not rockets, but planes - very loud and incredibly fast, making me think of the term supersonic, if that even means anything outside of comics.