transonic

English

Alternative forms

transsonic

Etymology

trans- +‎ sonic

Adjective

transonic (not comparable)

Just below, or just above, the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately).
Passing from subsonic to supersonic, or vice versa.
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.

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Translations

just above or below the speed of sound

French: transsonique (fr)
Italian: transonico (it)

See also

sound barrier

Anagrams

consarn it, consarnit, constrain, introscan, non-racist, nonracist

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