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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

초음속

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chohumsok

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Supersonic/ˌsuːpəˈsɒn.ɪk/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 전투기는 초음속으로 비행했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Greater than the speed of sound in a given medium, especially air.

    "The experimental aircraft flew at supersonic speeds across the desert."
As noun
  1. 1

    A speed greater than the speed of sound.

    "Breaking into the supersonic requires overcoming immense aerodynamic drag."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin prefix super- (meaning above or beyond) combined with sonicus, from sonus (sound). The term emerged in the mid-20th century during rapid advancements in aviation and aerodynamics to describe speeds exceeding the speed of sound.

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