supersonic

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English

Definitions

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)
(of a sound) ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible

Related words

Synonyms

ultrasonic inaudible unhearable concorde blatant flagrant hypersonic supercritical superspeed superlumic sup.superluminal super-superlative supersuperlative hypersuperlative superlative

Associated

subsonic transonic ramjet afterburner mach sst interceptor nozzle airliner aerodynamics

Rhymes

sardonic tonic chronic histrionic synchronic chthonic hedonic ironic mnemonic catatonic

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