Subsonic Definition

sŭb-sŏnĭk
adjective
Of less than audible frequency.
American Heritage
Designating, of, or moving at a speed in a surrounding fluid less than that of sound in the same fluid.
Webster's New World

Infrasonic.

Webster's New World

(fluid mechanics, of a flow) With a Mach number such that 0.3 < Ma < 0.8 (approximately - the exact limits vary between sources).

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Subsonic Sentence Examples

  • The barrel was short and the bullet emerged at subsonic speed.

  • Subsonic aircraft have been measured at twice the legal noise level, struggling to take off with heavy loads in adverse conditions.

  • The method is applicable for subsonic flight speeds when the flow over the aircraft is wholly subsonic and fully attached.

  • At the same time there were 1,941 infringements by subsonic jets.

  • It is concluded that the present method is accurate for quantitative predictions of unsteady heat transfer in subsonic turbine flows.

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