minimum-shock boom
minimum-shock boom
[¦min·ə·məm ′shäk ‚büm] (acoustics)
A sonic boom whose pressure signature is shaped to reduce the perceived amplitude of the shocks by rounding the shape of the signature near the maximum.
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