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Mach number
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English
Etymology
After physicist Ernst Mach.
Noun
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en physics The ratio of the speed of a body to that of sound in the surrounding medium.
Coordinate terms
en subsonic transonic supersonic hypersonic plasmasonic
Translations
ratio Mach
Arabic: ar
Armenian: hy
Catalan: ca nombre de Mach m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 馬赫數
Czech: cs Machovo číslo f
Dutch: nl machgetal n
Esperanto: eo
Estonian: et Machi arv
Finnish: fi Machin luku
Georgian: ka
German: de Mach-Zahl f
Greek: el αριθμός Μαχ m
Hebrew: he
Italian: it numero di Mach m
Japanese: ja マッハ数 mahha sū
Kannada: kn ಮ್ಯಾಕ್ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ
Korean: ko 마하 수
Portuguese: pt número de Mach m, pt número Mach m
Romanian: ro numărul lui Mach n
Spanish: es número Mach m
Thai: th เลขมัค
Turkish: tr Mach sayısı
Further reading
References
JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
en eponyms
en Aviation Physical quantities Units of measure