Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to audible sound.
- adjective Having a speed approaching or being that of sound in air, about 1,220 kilometers (760 miles) per hour at sea level.
- adjective Slang Extremely exciting and fast-paced.
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- adjective of or relating to
sound - adjective having a
speed approaching that of thespeed of sound inair
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level
- adjective relating to audible sound
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Usually when scientists use the term sonic, they're talking about soundwaves or things moving at the speed of sound.
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Our last eyewitness actually hearing what she described as a sonic boom before that plane went down.
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On his new album, "Earfood," made with his Quintet, Hargrove stayed close to the standard sound to create what he calls sonic pleasure.
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It channels No Age's adventures in sonic architecture into readily usable form.
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It channels No Age's adventures in sonic architecture into readily usable form.
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It channels No Age's adventures in sonic architecture into readily usable form.
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It channels No Age's adventures in sonic architecture into readily usable form.
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It channels No Age's adventures in sonic architecture into readily usable form.
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But for me sonic is lost, Sega is trying to bring back the old blue fella in "Sonic Unleashed".
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One of my favorite old school video game tracks was in sonic the hedgehog when you would get the invincible power up bubble.
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