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    speed of sound is the distance travelled per unit of time by a sound wave as it propagates through an elastic medium. At 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound...
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  • Wings at the Speed of Sound is the fifth studio album by the British–American rock band Wings, released on 26 March 1976. Issued at the height of the band's...
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  • "Speed of Sound" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their third studio album, X&Y (2005). Constructed...
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    the speed of the wind if the sound and wind are moving in the same direction. If the sound and wind are moving in opposite directions, the speed of the...
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    Mach number (redirect from Mach (speed))
    equal to the speed of sound. At Mach 0.65, u is 65% of the speed of sound (subsonic), and, at Mach 1.35, u is 35% faster than the speed of sound (supersonic)...
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    Supersonic speed is the speed of an object that exceeds the speed of sound (Mach 1). For objects traveling in dry air of a temperature of 20 °C (68 °F)...
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    sound speed profile shows the speed of sound in water at different vertical levels. It has two general representations: tabular form, with pairs of columns...
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    approaches the speed of sound. When aircraft first approached the speed of sound, these effects were seen as constituting a barrier, making faster speeds very difficult...
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  • The speed of sound in any chemical element in the fluid phase has one temperature-dependent value. In the solid phase, different types of sound wave may...
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  • In acoustics, the sound speed gradient is the rate of change of the speed of sound with distance, for example with depth in the ocean, or height in the...
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  • speed of sound in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The speed of sound is a physical characteristic. Speed of sound may also refer to: ”Speed of Sound”...
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    the speed (commonly referred to as v) of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position...
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    As aircraft speed increased designers began to encounter challenges associated with air compressibility at speeds near the speed of sound. The differences...
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  • The Sound of Speed is a compilation of singles and rare tracks by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. The track listing below is for...
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    aerodynamics, a hypersonic speed is one that exceeds five times the speed of sound, often stated as starting at speeds of Mach 5 and above. The precise...
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  • Abstract Speed + Sound (Italian: Velocità astratta + rumore) is a painting by Italian Futurist painter Giacomo Balla, one of several studies of motion created...
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  • Speed of Sound is the ninth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil, released in 1999. All lyrics are written by Steve "Lips" Kudlow; all music...
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    finite speed, and observed that the speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound. In the 13th century, Roger Bacon argued that the speed of light...
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    Transonic (redirect from Transonic speed)
    seen at flight speeds close to the speed of sound (343 m/s at sea level), typically between Mach 0.8 and 1.2. The issue of transonic speed (or transonic...
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    The land speed record (LSR) or absolute land speed record is the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land. By a 1964 agreement between...
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  • density of the medium; and c is the speed of sound. Sound energy density Möser, M.; Müller, G. (2012). Handbook of Engineering Acoustics. Springer. p. 7...
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    Sonic boom (redirect from Sound boom)
    A sonic boom is a sound associated with shock waves created when an object travels through the air faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms generate...
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    capable of supersonic flight, that is, flying faster than the speed of sound (Mach 1). Supersonic aircraft were developed in the second half of the twentieth...
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    an ideal gas of constant composition the speed of sound depends only on temperature and not on pressure or density, the speed of sound in the atmosphere...
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    reducing the acoustic intensity of the muzzle report (sound of a gunshot) and jump, by modulating the speed and pressure of the propellant gas released from...
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  • use of speedsters in fiction requires artistic license due to the laws of physics that would prohibit such abilities. Moving at the speed of sound, for...
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    Airspeed (redirect from Air speed)
    of how fast the airplane is flying relative to the speed of sound. The measurement and indication of airspeed is ordinarily accomplished on board an aircraft...
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    Chuck Yeager (category Knights of the Legion of Honour)
    1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager was raised in Hamlin, West Virginia. His career...
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  • 2013, he released a solo hybrid electronic/orchestral album titled Speed of Sound. Phoenix's band, Crater Mountain, released its classic rock-genre debut...
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    for sound fixing and ranging channel), or deep sound channel (DSC), is a horizontal layer of water in the ocean at which depth the speed of sound is at...
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