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sound barrier
noun
Idioms 1.
Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
2.
break the sound barrier, to travel faster than the speed of sound.
Origin:
1950–55
1950–55
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World English Dictionary
| sound barrier | |
| —n | |
| (not in technical usage) sonic barrier, Also called: transonic barrier a hypothetical barrier to flight at or above the speed of sound, when a sudden large increase in drag occurs | |
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| sound barrier
The sharp increase in drag experienced by aircraft approaching the speed of sound. Also called sonic barrier. |
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
sound barrier definition
The sudden increase in air resistance that occurs when an aircraft approaches the speed of sound. This is also called the sonic barrier.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Example sentences
Breaking the sound barrier generates a sonic boom, so supersonic travel is heavily restricted over land.
It is the first aircraft to break the sound barrier on biofuel.
Science used to think you couldn't break the sound barrier either.
But when you punched through the sound barrier it was a jolt of pure adrenaline.
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