transonic

English

Alternative forms

• transsonic

Etymology

trans- +‎ sonic

Adjective

transonic (not comparable)

1. Just below, or just above, the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately).
2. Passing from subsonic to supersonic, or vice versa.
3. Travelling through a fluid (commonly air) at a speed where regions of supersonic and subsonic flow coexist simultaneously over different portions of the surface of the moving object in question.

Coordinate terms

• plasmasonic
• hypersonic
• supersonic
• subsonic

Related terms

• transonically
• transonics

Translations

just above or below the speed of sound

• French: transsonique (fr)
• Italian: transonico (it)

See also

• sound barrier

Anagrams

• consarn it, consarnit, constrain, introscan, non-racist, nonracist