hypersonic speed

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hypersonic speed: see aerodynamics aerodynamics, study of gases in motion. As the principal application of aerodynamics is the design of aircraft, air is the gas with which the science is most concerned.
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hypersonic speed [¦hī·pər′sän·ik ′spēd]

(fluid mechanics)

A speed of an object greater than about five times the speed of sound in the fluid through which the object is moving.

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