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sonic boom

DEFINITIONS OF: sonic boom

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n an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound

“a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship”
Type of:
blast wave, shock wave
a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity
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