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Mach Number

see synonyms of mach number

Noun

1. mach number

the ratio of the speed of a moving body to the speed of sound

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mach Number

see synonyms of mach number
noun
(often not capital)
the ratio of the speed of a body in a particular medium to the speed of sound in that medium. Mach number 1 corresponds to the speed of sound
. Often shortened to: Mach

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Mach Number

see synonyms of mach number
[also m- n-]
a number representing the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium, as air, through which the object is moving

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mach Number

see synonyms of mach number
n. Abbr. M
The ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium. For example, an aircraft moving twice as fast as the speed of sound is said to be traveling at Mach 2.

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