noun Download 🔗Share An aircraft whose maximum speed is less than the speed of sound Examples : "The Boeing 737 is a well-known subsonic; it flies slower than the speed of sound. " vehicle military technology science physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a sound, scientific) having a frequency too low to be audible Examples : "The machine emitted a subsonic rumble that we could only feel, not hear. " sound physics frequency Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a sound, literary) very quiet, almost inaudible Examples : "The noise of the ship was all around her. The faint subsonic rumble of the reactor and drive. (Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey)" sound literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a speed) less than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure) Examples : "The small plane flew at a comfortable, subsonic speed. " physics sound technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a flow) with a Mach number such that 0.3 < Ma < 0.8 (approximately - the exact limits vary between sources) Examples : "The small airplane flew at a subsonic speed, much slower than a jet. " physics technical sound science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading