sonic boom

English

Noun

sonic boom (plural sonic booms)

(physics, aerodynamics) The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.

Translations

the audible effect of a shock wave in the air

Arabic: صَوْت عَالٍ m (ṣawt ʕālin)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聲爆／声爆 (shēngbào), 音爆 (zh) (yīnbào)
Czech: aerodynamický třesk m, akustický třesk m, sonický třesk m, rázová vlna f
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
French: bang sonique[1]
German: Überschallknall (de) m
Hebrew: בום על־קולי m (bum al-kolí)
Hungarian: hangrobbanás (hu)
Irish: tormán sonach m
Italian: boom sonico m, boato sonico m
Japanese: ソニックブーム (sonikkubūmu)
Korean: 소닉 붐 (sonik bum)
Polish: grom dźwiękowy m
Russian: звуково́й уда́р m (zvukovój udár)
Spanish: explosión sónica f, boom sónico m, estampido sónico m
Swedish: ljudbang (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: tiếng nổ siêu thanh

Verb

sonic boom (third-person singular simple present sonic booms, present participle sonic booming, simple past and past participle sonic boomed)

To produce such an effect.

References

Popular Mechanics March 1968, p 116

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