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1. (adj.) transonic
close to the speed of sound; moving at 700–780 mph (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
Etymology: (1940–45)
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1. (adj) sonic, transonic
(of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level
"a sonic boom"
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. transonic
Of or pertaining to the speed of a body in a surrounding fluid when the relative speed of the fluid is subsonic in some places and supersonic in others. This is encountered when passing from subsonic to supersonic speed and vice versa. See also speed of sound.
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