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MACH NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mach number mean? 

MACH NUMBER (noun)
  The noun MACH NUMBER has 1 sense:

1. the ratio of the speed of a moving body to the speed of soundplay

  Familiarity information: MACH NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MACH NUMBER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The ratio of the speed of a moving body to the speed of sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("Mach number" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))


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