TRANSONIC

sonic, transonic

(adjective) (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level; “a sonic boom”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

transonic (not comparable)

Just below, or just above the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately).

Passing from subsonic to supersonic, or vice versa.

Coordinate terms

• plasmasonic

• hypersonic

• supersonic

• subsonic

Anagrams

• consarn it, consarnit, constrain, introscan, non-racist, nonracist

Source: Wiktionary



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BREAK

(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”


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