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Complete Definition of "Mach"

see|mach
English
Pronunciation
RP:

  • IPA|/mÉ�Ë�k/, /mæk/, /maË�x/

Proper noun
Mach

  1. w:Ernst Mach|Ernst Mach, Czech physicist 1838 - 1916.

Noun
Mach
wikipedia|Mach number
#physics a ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds.
#:The jet traveled at Mach 3.
#physics the Mach number

Translations
trans-top|ratio
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|the Mach number
Finnish: Machin luku
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Usage notes
Never plural.
Always preceeds the number, as in the example above.

Category:English eponyms
Category:Units of measure

Unserdeutsch

Etymology
From the standard New High German Macht.

Noun
Mach

  1. might, power

Category:Unserdeutsch nouns

tr:Mach

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