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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 sound
Familiarity information: MACH NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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