"sonic boom" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sonic booms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sonic boom (plural sonic booms)
  1. (physics, aerodynamics) The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound. Categories (topical): Physics, Aviation Translations (the audible effect of a shock wave in the air): صَوْت عَالٍ (ṣawt ʕālin) [masculine] (Arabic), 聲爆 (Chinese Mandarin), 声爆 (shēngbào) (Chinese Mandarin), 音爆 (yīnbào) (Chinese Mandarin), aerodynamický třesk [masculine] (Czech), akustický třesk [masculine] (Czech), sonický třesk [masculine] (Czech), rázová vlna [feminine] (Czech), bang sonique (French), Überschallknall [masculine] (German), בום על־קולי (bum al-kolí) [masculine] (Hebrew), hangrobbanás (Hungarian), tormán sonach [masculine] (Irish), boom sonico [masculine] (Italian), boato sonico [masculine] (Italian), ソニックブーム (sonikkubūmu) (Japanese), 소닉 붐 (sonik bum) (Korean), grom dźwiękowy [masculine] (Polish), звуково́й уда́р (zvukovój udár) [masculine] (Russian), explosión sónica [feminine] (Spanish), boom sónico [masculine] (Spanish), estampido sónico [masculine] (Spanish), ljudbang [common-gender] (Swedish), tiếng nổ siêu thanh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-sonic_boom-en-noun-TztbHKcp Disambiguation of Aviation: 76 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Topics: aerodynamics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Verb

Forms: sonic booms [present, singular, third-person], sonic booming [participle, present], sonic boomed [participle, past], sonic boomed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} sonic boom (third-person singular simple present sonic booms, present participle sonic booming, simple past and past participle sonic boomed)
  1. To produce such an effect.
    Sense id: en-sonic_boom-en-verb-8lLDOX3M

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