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MachMach
Mach number
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Mach
also mach
noun
Mach number.
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Ernst 1838–1916
Austrian physicist and philosopher who experimented with supersonic projectiles and the flow of gases, obtaining early photographs of shock waves and gas jets. His work laid an important foundation for later developments in the science of projectiles and aeronautical design, and the Mach number and Mach bands were named for him.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- (physics) a ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds.
- The jet traveled at Mach 3.
- (physics) the Mach number
Usage notes
- Never plural.
- Always precedes the number, as in the example above.
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See also: machThis is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.
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mach - Computer Definition
See Mach kernel.
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