speed of sound

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speed of sound

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  1. uncountable The speed at which sound is propagated through some medium under specified conditions. For them my loitering around / At less than the speed of sound / Or even the speed of light / Won't seem unheretical quite.

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noun speed at which sound is propagated

Españolvelocidad del sonido
한국어음속 eumsok
日本語音速 onsoku
中文音速 yīnsù
Portuguêsvelocidade do som
Françaisvitesse du son
DeutschSchallgeschwindigkeit
Italianovelocità del suono
Ελληνικάταχύτητα του ήχου tachýtita tou íchou
Românăviteza sunetului
Русскийско́рость зву́ка skórostʹ zvúka
العربيةسرعَة الصوت
עבריתמהירות הקול mehirót ha-kól

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@misc{speed_of_sound_2026,
  title = {speed of sound},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/speed%20of%20sound},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}