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Tail of aircraft worked very nicely, shortening by 50% around Mach 1
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transonic
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a. 1 just below, or just above the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately) 2 passing from subsonic to supersonic, or vice versa
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In aeronautics , transonic refers to the condition of flight in which a range of velocities of airflow exist surrounding and flowing past an air vehicle or an airfoil that are concurrently below, at, and above the speed of sound in the range of Mach 0.8 ...
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adj. (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level; "a sonic boom" [syn: sonic ] [ant: subsonic , supersonic ]
Usage examples of transonic.
To optimize maneuverability, a computer automatically adjusted the flaps and slats when the machine was maneuvering in the subsonic and transonic speed ranges.