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supersonic
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su·per·son·ic (spr-snk)
adj.
1. Having, caused by, or relating to a speed greater than the speed of sound in a given medium, especially air.
2. Of or relating to sound waves beyond human audibility.
super·soni·cal·ly adv.


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He is credited with having fired the first rocket to travel faster than sound.
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By this theory, if one could go faster than sound, one can overtake, say, the sounds of the battle of Gettysburg and out there in space somewhere one can hear all the sounds as they actually occurred on July 3, 1863.
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