transonic

1. (not-comparable) Just below, or just above, the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately).
2. (not-comparable) Passing from subsonic to supersonic, or vice versa.
3. (not-comparable) Travelling through a fluid (commonly air) at a speed where regions of supersonic and subsonic flow coexist simultaneously over different portions of the surface of the moving object in question.

Etymology

From trans- + sonic.

Synonyms

sonic

transsonic

Translations

transonico

sònic

transònic

schallnah

διηχητικό

transsonique

أسرع من الصّوت

transónico