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Mach number

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Mach number [for E. Mach ], ratio between the speed of an object and the speed of sound in the medium in which the object is traveling. An airplane that has the velocity of Mach 3.0 is traveling at three times the speed of sound as measured in the prevailing atmospheric conditions. Author not available, MACH NUMBER. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Mach number
Mach number Ratio of the speed of a body or fluid to the local speed of sound. Mach 1 refers to the local speed...means flying at speeds above Mach 1. Mach numbers are named after the Austrian physicist Ernst Mach (1838–1916). Read more

Mach number
Mach num·ber • n. see Mach 2 . Read more

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