Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mesosonic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mesoson-ic
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing motion through a two-phase medium, usually electrons and heavy ions, at a speed between the speeds of sound in the two components.

Example Sentences

"In space plasmas, spacecraft usually encounter mesosonic flows, i.e. flows which are supersonic with respect to the ion thermal speed, but subsonic with respect to the electron thermal speed."

Etymology

From meso- + sonic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: meso

Questions

What does mesosonic mean?: Describing motion through a two-phase medium, usually electrons and heavy ions, at a speed between the speeds of sound in the two components.
Where does mesosonic come from?: From meso- + sonic.

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