different between supersonic vs mach

English

Etymology

super- +? sonic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

supersonic (not comparable)

1. (of a speed) greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure)
2. (colloquial, of a sound) ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible

Related terms

• (speed): plasmasonic, hypersonic, transonic, subsonic
• (sound): infrasonic, sonic

Translations

Noun

supersonic (plural supersonics)

1. An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.

See also

• superluminal

Anagrams

• coin purses, croupiness, percussion

Romanian

Etymology

From French supersonique

Adjective

supersonic m or n (feminine singular supersonic?, masculine plural supersonici, feminine and neuter plural supersonice)

1. supersonic

Declension

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /max/
• Homophone: mag (only according to a regional pronunciation of this word)
• Rhymes: -ax

Verb

mach

1. second-person singular imperative of machen

Middle Dutch

Verb

mach

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of m?gen

Pennsylvania German

Verb

mach

1. first-person singular of mache
2. second-person singular imperative of mache

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /max/

Etymology 1

From macha?.

Noun

mach m inan

1. waving, flapping

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

mach m inan

1. (Lublin) A type of folk dance.

   Synonym: wiater

Declension

Interjection

mach

1. An exclamation used when some action is performed swiftly.

Etymology 3

From Ernst Mach.

Noun

mach m inan

1. (physics) Mach number

Declension

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

mach f

1. genitive plural of macha

Further reading

• mach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• S?ownik etymologiczny j?zyka polskiego/mach on the Polish Wikisource.pl.Wikisource:S?ownik etymologiczny j?zyka polskiego/mach

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (mak??, “fly”).

Noun

mach f

1. fly (insect)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mach m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. Obsolete spelling of mah

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *m?x?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?max/

Noun

mach m (genitive singular machu, nominative plural machy, genitive plural machov, declension pattern of dub)

1. moss

Declension

Derived terms

• machový

Further reading

• mach in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??/

Adjective

mach

1. Nasal mutation of bach (“small”).

Mutation