sonic boom

sonic boom
The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster then the speed of sound

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  • sonic boom — UK / US or sonic bang UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sonic boom : singular sonic boom plural sonic booms physics British the loud sound that a plane makes as it starts to go faster than the speed of sound …   English dictionary

  • sonic boom — n the loud sound like an explosion that an aircraft makes when it starts to travel faster than the speed of sound …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sonic boom — noun count the loud sound that an airplane makes as it starts to go faster than the speed of sound …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sonic boom — ► NOUN ▪ an explosive noise caused by the shock wave from an aircraft or other object travelling faster than the speed of sound …   English terms dictionary

  • sonic boom — n. an explosive sound that results when the cone shaped shock wave caused by an object, as an airplane, traveling at supersonic speed touches the ground …   English World dictionary

  • Sonic boom — The term sonic boom is commonly used to refer to the shocks caused by the supersonic flight of an aircraft. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion. Thunder is a type of natural sonic boom, created… …   Wikipedia

  • sonic boom — noun an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship • Hypernyms: ↑shock wave, ↑blast wave * * * noun, pl ⋯ booms [count] : a very loud… …   Useful english dictionary

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