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transonic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
tran-son-ic
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adj

Passing from subsonic to supersonic, or vice versa.

adj

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.

Etymology

Etymology tree English tran- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sonic English transonic From tran- + sonic.

Inflected Forms

transsonic (alternative)

Phrases

sound barrier

Frequently Paired Words

transonically transonics sound barrier plasmasonic hypersonic supersonic subsonic

Synonyms

sonic

Questions

What does transonic mean?
Just below, or just above, the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately).
Where does transonic come from?
Etymology tree English tran- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sonic English transonic From tran- + sonic.

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