[
US
/ˈsɑnɪk/
]
[ UK /sˈɒnɪk/ ]
[ UK /sˈɒnɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level
a sonic boom -
relating to audible sound
a sonic wave
How To Use sonic In A Sentence
- The engine on the X-51, called a supersonic-combustion ramjet, or "scramjet," pulls off a couple of especially tricky tasks. When Supersonic Is Just Too Slow
- And all of this is done without a sonic screwdriver. Times, Sunday Times
- Drawing an ultrasonic syringe from a cabinet in the wall, she slapped it against Kohlberg's arm and pressed.
- The sight of the fireball was followed by a sonic boom as the meteorite exploded into thousands of pieces over Barwell near Leicester. Times, Sunday Times
- I was right; this time the sonic landscape was less of a frequency battle and a much more harmonious experience. Times, Sunday Times
- This female chanteuse has soothing vocals that'll take you to sonic heights that you've never been to.
- The space shuttle is coasting from a very high speed and high altitude when it flies hypersonically.
- The opera is permeated with the Masonic sacred number - three.
- Concorde was the first supersonic passenger jet - capable of flying faster than the speed of sound. Times, Sunday Times
- Here, hundreds of millions of men, women and children are suffering from an incurable disease, chronic arsonicosis, and millions more are at risk.