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| Mach number [ mk numbər, mák numbər ] (plural Mach numbers) |
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speed of object relative to sound: the speed of an object relative to the speed of sound. An aircraft travelling at twice the speed of sound has a Mach number of 2.
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| [Early 20th century. After Ernst Mach] |
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