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Relating to speeds near the speed of sound, where both subsonic and supersonic flow may occur.
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- transonic flight
- transonic flow
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The craft vibrated during transonic flight.
The model predicted mixed transonic flow.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a technical classification. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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