Mach

Examples

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• At low to moderate Mach numbers, the turbojets provide thrust.

  Academic text (2001)

• For supersonic travel, reaching a speed of Mach 1 is essential to exceed the speed of sound.

• By definition, an object that moves at Mach 1 moves at the speed of sound.

  Academic text (2006)

• Space flights will last approximately 2.5 hours, carry six passengers, and reach a speed of Mach 3.

  Academic text (2008)

• When physicists refer to the speed of an object in a medium, they almost always invoke "Mach" numbers.

  Academic text (2006)

• Baumgartner accelerated to 833.9 mph, reaching Mach 1.24 and breaking the sound barrier, also a new record.

  Blog text (1)

• Before the long-delayed publication of Fizeau's paper, Austrian physicist Ernst Mach made a similar proposal.

  Academic text (1990)

• The aircraft accelerated to Mach 3, breaking several speed records along the way.

• During the test flight, the engineer confirmed that the jet achieved Mach 2.5 without any issues.

Synonyms

E

Ernst Mach

vsMach

1 8.7

An Austrian scientist and philosopher known for the Mach number and for ideas that helped start logical positivism

is the shorter surname form used without the given name

Compounds

M

Mach number

• Specialized

1 7.7

How fast something moves compared with the speed of sound around it

Surface Forms

Etymology