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Mach number

Mach num·ber [ mk nùmbər ] (plural Mach num·bers)


noun 
Definition:
 
speed of object relative to sound: the speed of an object relative to the speed of sound. An aircraft traveling at twice the speed of sound has a Mach number of 2.

[Early 20th century. After Ernst Mach]
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