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Definition of: mach number

(mak, mäk)
A number expressing the speed of an object moving through a fluid medium in relation to the speed of sound in the same medium: in aeronautics it is the ratio of the air speed to the speed of sound in the undisturbed medium, a mach number of 1 indicating a speed equal to the speed of sound. Also mach. [after Ernst Mach, 1838–1916, Austrian physicist]

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critical mach number
high mach number
low mach number
flight mach number
higher mach number
divergence mach number
mach number greater
mach number increases
upstream mach number
airspeed mach number
mach number varies
mach number altitude
supersonic mach number
operating mach number
initial mach number

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Definition of: mach number

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