Transonic

Quick meaning: Transonic is an adjective meaning Just below, or just above, the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately).

Meaning

Just below, or just above, the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately).

More Meanings

1. Passing from subsonic to supersonic, or vice versa.
2. Travelling through a fluid (commonly air) at a speed where regions of supersonic and subsonic flow coexist simultaneously over different portions of the surface of the moving object in question.

Word Forms

• transsonic

Synonyms for transonic

Depending on context, synonyms include sonic.

Antonyms for transonic

Common opposites include supersonic, subsonic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sonic, aerodynamics, transsonic, subthreshold, subaudible, infralow.

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