supersonic
/suːpəˈsɒnɪk/
US pronunciation
American sound/suːpəˈsɒnɪk/
suːpəˈsɒnɪk
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suːpə - ˈsɒnɪk -> supersonic
Myanmar meaning
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supersonic /su:pǝ'sɒnÇk; Brit also sju:-/ adj
အသံထက်မြန် သော။
a supersonic aircraft ❍ supersonic flight/speeds. Compare SUBSONIC
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- ‘Charitably, perhaps we should conclude that commercial supersonic air travel is something that we (the world economy) just cannot afford, or, at least, does not desire to afford.’
- ‘The F - 16 fighter jet is, as supersonic military aircraft go, a modest machine.’
- ‘Like supersonic airplanes, bullets create shock waves - mini-sonic booms - as they speed through the air.’
- ‘‘We were a company that had never built a supersonic aircraft, and here we had to go straight up into space at Mach 3 ‘- three times the speed of sound.’’
- ‘Quick with a quip and so square jawed that he actually dreams about his supersonic flying automobile, his heroics help keep the Supercar staff safe and sound.’
- ‘But, if the boom can be eliminated, the company is a likely producer of aircraft that can carry passengers coast-to-coast at supersonic speeds, he indicated.’
- ‘A supersonic jet developed in Japan will be test-flown this summer in Australia.’
- ‘This makes it more agile, particularly at supersonic speeds; reduces drag; and gives it an overall increase in lift.’
- ‘That's what happened with some earlier French technological marvels such as the supersonic Concorde, fast-breeder nuclear reactor, and the Minitel, a telephone-based Internet precursor, that failed to find global markets.’
- ‘It also outlines the experiences of the passengers and crew, and examines the crash, the refit and the retrial of the supersonic fleet.’
- ‘From the explosive beginning, fighter sharks zoom like supersonic aircraft through shoals of fish that gracefully and miraculously reform again and again in tight protective circles.’
- ‘It combines stealth design with the supersonic, highly-manoeuvrable, dual-engine, long-range requirements of an air-to-air fighter and has an inherent air-to-ground capability.’
- ‘By the time inspectors caught up with progress and could also fly with the speed of Mach 2, there would be supersonic aircraft, the development of which was financed by the banks, to fly gold ahead of bank inspectors with the speed of Mach 3.’
- ‘Think of the Internet revolution as a supersonic jet streaking through the sky.’
- ‘It would take me more than half a day just to fly there, at supersonic speeds.’
- ‘It is just as stunning today as it was in 1969, when the 100-seater supersonic flying machine first took to the skies.’
- ‘But to meet the military's complex requirements, contractors would have to produce a stealthy, supersonic fighter to meet the specific needs of the Air Force, Navy, and Marines.’
- ‘He doesn't even have time to react before the wave of hot gases and debris hits him, flying outwards at near supersonic speeds.’
Synonyms
PDQ, abrupt, accelerated, active, agile, airbus, airplane, alacritous, barrelling, blue streak, breakneck, brisk, chop-chop, cracking, dashing, double-quick, double-time, electric, expeditious, expeditive, express, fast, flashing, fleet, fleet-footed, fleeting, flying, hairtrigger, harefooted, hasty, headlong, hot, hurried, hypersonic, immediate, in a jiffy, in nothing flat, lickety split, like a bat out of hell, like all get out, like crazy, like mad, lissome, lively, nimble, on the double, plane, posthaste, precipitate, presto, prompt, pronto, quick, quick-fire, racing, rapid, rapid-fire, ready, screamin', screaming, shaking a leg, short, short-lived, snap, snappy, spanking, speedball, speedy, sudden, summary, supersonic transport, swift, turbo, ultrasonic, unexpected, velocious, very fast, winged
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