Mach Number Definition
mäk
noun
A number representing the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium, as air, through which the object is moving.
Webster's New World
Origin of Mach Number
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After the physicist Ernst Mach.
From Wiktionary
After Ernst Mach
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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