supersonic
supersônico
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adjective
That's what happened with some earlier French technological marvels such as the supersonic Concorde, fast-breeder nuclear reactor, and the Minitel, a telephone-based Internet precursor, that failed to find global markets.
involving or denoting a speed greater than that of sound.
translation of 'supersonic'
adjective
supersônico
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It also outlines the experiences of the passengers and crew, and examines the crash, the refit and the retrial of the 'supersonic' fleet.
Like 'supersonic' airplanes, bullets create shock waves - mini-sonic booms - as they speed through the air.
By the time inspectors caught up with progress and could also fly with the speed of Mach 2, there would be 'supersonic' aircraft, the development of which was financed by the banks, to fly gold ahead of bank inspectors with the speed of Mach 3.
From the explosive beginning, fighter sharks zoom like 'supersonic' aircraft through shoals of fish that gracefully and miraculously reform again and again in tight protective circles.
It is just as stunning today as it was in 1969, when the 100-seater 'supersonic' flying machine first took to the skies.
But to meet the military's complex requirements, contractors would have to produce a stealthy, 'supersonic' fighter to meet the specific needs of the Air Force, Navy, and Marines.
It combines stealth design with the 'supersonic' , highly-manoeuvrable, dual-engine, long-range requirements of an air-to-air fighter and has an inherent air-to-ground capability.
He doesn't even have time to react before the wave of hot gases and debris hits him, flying outwards at near 'supersonic' speeds.
Charitably, perhaps we should conclude that commercial 'supersonic' air travel is something that we (the world economy) just cannot afford, or, at least, does not desire to afford.
This makes it more agile, particularly at 'supersonic' speeds; reduces drag; and gives it an overall increase in lift.
Quick with a quip and so square jawed that he actually dreams about his 'supersonic' flying automobile, his heroics help keep the Supercar staff safe and sound.
Think of the Internet revolution as a 'supersonic' jet streaking through the sky.
The F - 16 fighter jet is, as 'supersonic' military aircraft go, a modest machine.
But, if the boom can be eliminated, the company is a likely producer of aircraft that can carry passengers coast-to-coast at 'supersonic' speeds, he indicated.
‘We were a company that had never built a 'supersonic' aircraft, and here we had to go straight up into space at Mach 3 ‘- three times the speed of sound.’
That's what happened with some earlier French technological marvels such as the 'supersonic' Concorde, fast-breeder nuclear reactor, and the Minitel, a telephone-based Internet precursor, that failed to find global markets.
A 'supersonic' jet developed in Japan will be test-flown this summer in Australia.
It would take me more than half a day just to fly there, at 'supersonic' speeds.
The energy in the return stroke channel gives it a temperature and pressure higher than the surrounding air, so that the channel expands 'supersonically' , generating a cylindrical shock wave which is heard as thunder.
The last Concorde to fly 'supersonically' before the aircraft was taken out of service has gone on show to the public at a ground-based tribute to the first commercial airliner ever to fly at more than twice the speed of sound.
The blast waves of the supernovas move 'supersonically' through the clouds, compressing the gas and dust, and possibly creating pockets of extremely high density - the preconditions for the formation of stars.
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