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  • The term supersonic is used to define a speed that exceeds the speed of sound—a speed that is referred to as Mach 1. However, supersonic airflow ...
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  • In physics, wavelength is the distance between repeating units of ... For sound waves in air, this is the speed of sound, 345 m/s (1238 km/h) ...
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  • *Mach, where Mach 1 is the speed of sound; Mach n is n times as fast. ::Mach 1 ≈ 343 m/s ≈ 1235 km/h ≈ 768 mph (see the speed of ...
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  • == Speed of sound == The speed of sound has been a subject of study since the days of the ...
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  • speed of a gas changes by more than the speed of sound. ... to be traveling faster than the local speed of sound. In that case some parts ...
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  • apparent change in frequency and wavelength of a wave that is perceived by ... in his paper, "On the Coloured Light of Double Stars and Certain Other ...
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  • performance as they approach the speed of sound. The power needed to ... Propeller aircraft were, nevertheless, able to approach the speed ...
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  • pattern, often involving the transfer of energy. When thinking about ... Examples of waves include: * Ocean surface waves, which are perturbations ...
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  • first to quantify the change in frequency of a wave motion experienced by ... Christian Doppler was born in Salzburg, Austria, the son of a well ...
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  • Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating ... or waves, frequency is defined as a number of cycles, or periods, per unit ...
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  • In physics, acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity—that ... line undergoes acceleration when its speed changes. An object traveling ...
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  • to absolute zero, it acquires an unusual set of properties known as superfluidity ... in 1937. It is a major facet in the study of quantum hydrodynamics. ...
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  • In physics, escape velocity is the speed of an object at which its ... , which is approximately 34 times the speed of sound (mach 34) and at least ...
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  • constant that is featured in a number of fundamental equations in the ... to. For example, the equation for the speed of sound is usually written in ...
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  • Supersonic flight is flight faster than the speed of sound, which ... subsonic flight at about 85 percent of the speed of sound. ...
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  • for the "Mach number" (aka Mach speed), and the optical illusion ... of the speed of projectile to the speed of sound vp/vs is now called the ...
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  • which is the basis for calculating the speed of sound. Newton was the first ... 039;s characteristic flow speed to the speed of sound constitutes a second ...
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  • suffers as the blade speed exceeds the speed of sound. As the relative air ... higher temperature increases the local speed of sound. While there is a loss ...
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  • A percussion instrument can be any object which produces a sound by ... it is described as "the collision of two bodies to produce a sound ...
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  • who demonstrated that light had a finite speed by measuring apparent changes ... his wife, Anna Olufsdatter Storm, daughter of an alderman. Christen Pedersen ...
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