hypersonic
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pərˈsɒn adjective
noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
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hypersonic (ˌhaɪpəˈsɒnɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| concerned with or having a velocity of at least five times that of sound in the same medium under the same conditions | |
| hyper'sonics | |
| —n | |
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Hypersonic
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| hypersonic (hī'pər-sŏn'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or capable of speeds equal to or exceeding five times the speed of sound (Mach 5 and above). Compare subsonic, supersonic, transonic. |
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Example sentences
Their vast symmetrical shapes outline hypersonic shock waves produced by colliding shells of stellar gas.
The goal of the program is to produce an economically viable, environmentally comparable, quiet hypersonic airplane.
Moving at hypersonic speeds, it compresses the gas violently, and the gas heats up.
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