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• Supersonic — Single par Oasis extrait de l’album Definitely Maybe Face B Take Me Away, I Will Believe (Live), Columbia (White Label Demo) Sortie …   Wikipédia en Français

• supersonic — SUPERSÓNIC, Ă, supersonici, ce, adj. Care are o viteză mai mare decât viteza sunetului. ♢ Avion supersonic = avion cu reacţie construit pentru a efectua zboruri cu viteze mai mari decât viteza sunetului. – Din fr. supersonique. Trimis de claudia …   Dicționar Român

• supersonic — su per*son ic, a. 1. Moving at a speed greater than the speed of sound in air; this speed varies with altitude, since the speed of sound varies with altitude, as well as with temperature and humidity, being approximately 1129 feet per second at… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• supersonic — 1919, of or having to do with sound waves beyond the limit of human hearing, from SUPER (Cf. super ) + SONIC (Cf. sonic). Attested from 1934 in sense of exceeding the speed of sound (especially as a measure of aircraft speed), leaving the… …   Etymology dictionary

• supersonic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ involving or referring to a speed greater than that of sound. DERIVATIVES supersonically adverb …   English terms dictionary

• supersonic — [so͞o΄pərsän′ik] adj. [ SUPER + SONIC] 1. designating, of, or moving at a speed in a surrounding fluid greater than that of sound in the same fluid 2. ULTRASONIC supersonically adv …   English World dictionary

• Supersonic — For other uses see Supersonic .The term supersonic is used to define a speed that is over the speed of sound (Mach 1). At a typical temperature like 21 °C (70 °F), the threshold value required for an object to be traveling at a supersonic speed… …   Wikipedia

• supersonic — 1. Pertaining to or characterized by a speed greater than the speed of sound. SEE ALSO: hypersonic. 2. Pertaining to sound vibrations of high frequency, above the level of human audibility. SEE ALSO: ultrasonic. [super + L. sonus, sound] * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• supersonic — I. adjective Etymology: Latin super + sonus sound more at sound Date: 1919 1. ultrasonic 2. of, being, or relating to speeds from one to five times the speed of sound in air compare sonic 3. moving, capable of moving, or utilizing air currents… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• supersonic — [[t]su͟ːpə(r)sɒ̱nɪk[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Supersonic aircraft travel faster than the speed of sound. There was a huge bang; it sounded like a supersonic jet …   English dictionary