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subsonic
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Definitions ofsubsonic
1noun
- An aircraft whose maximum speed is less than the speed of sound
1adjective
- (of a sound, scientific) having a frequency too low to be audible
- (of a sound, literary) very quiet, almost inaudible
Example: "The noise of the ship was all around her. The faint subsonic rumble of the reactor and drive. (Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey)"
- (of a speed) less than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure)
- (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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