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transonic

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transonic [tran′sän·ik]
(physics)
That which occurs or is occurring within the range of speed in which flow patterns change from subsonic to supersonic (or vice versa), about Mach 0.8 to 1.2, as in transonic flight or transonic flutter.


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The recent series of four major tests ran simultaneously at three wind tunnels in Seattle--the Boeing Transonic Wind Tunnel, the Low Speed Acoustic Facility and the Nozzle Test Facility--and at the QinetiQ tunnel in Farnborough.
were at the expo to explain Langley's various test capabilities including a transonic wind tunnel that can be pressurized and cooled with nitrogen.
The Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, below, was designed to investigate the mysteriously turbulent transonic environment just below the speed of sound.
 
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