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The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aerodynamics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning relationships
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To produce such an effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship
Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: shock wave, blast wave
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
صَوْت عَالٍ
(ṣawt ʕālin)
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Chinese Mandarin:
聲爆 /声爆
(shēngbào)
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Chinese Mandarin:
音爆
(yīnbào)
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Czech:
aerodynamický třesk
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Czech:
akustický třesk
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Czech:
sonický třesk
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Czech:
rázová vlna
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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French:
bang sonique
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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German:
Überschallknall
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Hebrew:
בום על־קולי
(bum al-kolí)
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Hungarian:
hangrobbanás
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Irish:
tormán sonach
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Italian:
boom sonico
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Italian:
boato sonico
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Japanese:
ソニックブーム
(sonikkubūmu)
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Korean:
소닉 붐
(sonik bum)
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Polish:
grom dźwiękowy
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Russian:
звуково́й уда́р
(zvukovój udár)
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Spanish:
explosión sónica
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Spanish:
boom sónico
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Spanish:
estampido sónico
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Swedish:
ljudbang
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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Vietnamese:
tiếng nổ siêu thanh
— the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
