subsonic
English
adj
Definitions
- (of a sound, scientific) having a frequency too low to be audible
- (of a sound, literary) very quiet, almost inaudible
- (of a speed) (aviation) less than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure)
- (fluid mechanics) with a Mach number such that 0.3 < Ma < 0.8 (approximately - the exact limits vary between sources)
Etymology
Affix from English sonic.
Origin
English
sonic
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gyrosonic English
- hypersonic English
- infrasonic English
- intersonic English
- magnetosonic English
- megasonic English
- mesosonic English
- plasmasonic English
- psychosonic English
- quadrasonic English
- quadrisonic English
- sonic English
- sonically English
- sonicate English
- sonication English
- sonics English
- sonify English
- subsonically English
- supersonic English
- telesonic English
- thermosonic English
- transonic English
- ultrasonic English
- sonus Latin
- ソニック Japanese