MACH ANGLE


Meaning of MACH ANGLE in English

ˈmäk-, ˈmȧk- noun

Usage: usually capitalized M

Etymology: after Ernst Mach died 1916 Austrian physicist and philosopher

: half of the vertex angle of a Mach cone whose sine is the ratio of the speed of sound to the speed of a moving body

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