transonic

1. 1.

   (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level

   “a sonic boom”

   Synonymssonic

Questions about transonic

What does transonic mean?

transonic means "(of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level".

How many syllables are in transonic?

transonic has 3 syllables: tran-so-nic. The stress falls on "so".

What is another word for transonic?

Close synonyms include sonic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transonic a common word?

transonic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.