supersonic speed

collocation in English

meaningsofsupersonicandspeed

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supersonic
adjective
uk
/ˌsuː.pəˈsɒn.ɪk/us
/ˌsuː.pɚˈsɑː.nɪk/
faster than the speed ...
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speed
noun
uk
/spiːd/us
/spiːd/
how fast ...
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(Definition ofsupersonicandspeedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That will be atsupersonicspeed.
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It hassupersonicspeedand has a "homing" device.
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Flights atsupersonicspeedover land require special authority.
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He went through his brief atsupersonicspeed.
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It must also fly atsupersonicspeedhigh up.
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It can reachsupersonicspeed.
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A few examples are transonic airfoils, supersonic air intakes, propelling nozzles at non-adapted configuration, and deflected control surfaces of vehicles at transonic orsupersonicspeed.
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In conclusion, much of the propagation of a laser beam in overdense matter takes the character of a piston moving atsupersonicspeedthrough a fluid.
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Between the first two airports it will fly atsupersonicspeed.
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The increased overpressures which occur on acceleration tosupersonicspeedhave been carefully studied.
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That is the point where, on an ordinary flying planning basis, aircraft would reachsupersonicspeed.
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This aircraft has to fly atsupersonicspeedpretty well on the deck.
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His power consists of wielding his katana atsupersonicspeed.
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We have been told that it is going to have asupersonicspeedat both high and low altitudes.
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Flights over this country atsupersonicspeedwill be controlled in the interest of those below the flight path.
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The flight lasted for just under two hours of which some 25 minutes was atsupersonicspeed.
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Supersonicspeedwould not normally be attained until the aircraft was about 100 miles away from the airfield from which it had taken off.
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It was a jump that took us from sonic intosupersonicspeed, into a new atmosphere altogether and a new environment.
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I was reminded of a phrase that is often heard in industry: he passed through atsupersonicspeed, generating much heat but no light.
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Jet turbines or rockets would initially propel the vehicle tosupersonicspeed.
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Yeager becomes the first man to fly atsupersonicspeed, defeating the demon in the air.
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Travel through evacuated tubes allowssupersonicspeedwithout the sonic boom of supersonic aircraft.
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As an object accelerates from subsonic towardsupersonicspeed, certain regimes of wave phenomena occur.
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Air passing through the conical shock wave (and subsequent reflections) slows to a lowsupersonicspeed.
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Zip fuels appeared to offer sufficient performance improvement to produce a strategic bomber withsupersonicspeed.
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