Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of less than audible frequency.
- adjective Having a speed less than that of sound in a designated medium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a sound having a
frequency too low to beaudible - adjective of a speed less than the
speed of sound (in the samemedium , and at the sametemperature andpressure )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of speed) less than that of sound in a designated medium
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Examples
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There are others however, that are on a par with the Winchester Ranger 147-grain subsonic, and these are the CCI Speer Gold Dot and the Federal HST.
I just got my first 9mm and was wondering if anyone had any preference over some of the ammo? 2010
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There are others however, that are on a par with the Winchester Ranger 147-grain subsonic, and these are the CCI Speer Gold Dot and the Federal HST.
I just got my first 9mm and was wondering if anyone had any preference over some of the ammo? 2010
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There are standard pressure loads, so-called "subsonic" loads, and ultra fast, high pressure, +P and +P+ loads.
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(I can't give an actual number as I have not kept track, but I was just dying for a place to use the word "subsonic" somewhere in this column.
RCR Wireless News Dan Meyer 2010
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I am adding to 99explorer's good advice and confirming the Winchester Ranger 147 gr. subsonic.
I just got my first 9mm and was wondering if anyone had any preference over some of the ammo? 2010
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I am adding to 99explorer's good advice and confirming the Winchester Ranger 147 gr. subsonic.
I just got my first 9mm and was wondering if anyone had any preference over some of the ammo? 2010
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The lower operational ceiling of the F-35 around 40,000 feet and its subsonic cruising speed means it will be at much higher risk in attempting to penetrate such heavily defended airspace.
The Case for Reviving the F-22 Fighter Michael Auslin 2011
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Boeing is struggling right now to develop a new subsonic airliner, something they've been doing for nearly a century.
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Then it had to remain controllable and stable at subsonic, transonic, and supersonic speeds up to Mach 4 by mid-1942, ten years after development had started.
MIND MELD: The Best Spaceships in Written Science Fiction 2010
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As the 22-year-old Blake croons "Limit to Your Love," a cover of Canadian indie chanteuse Feist, in comes an almost subsonic rumble - the kind you don't hear in your headphones so much as feel in your kidneys.
Looking ahead: Five new artists to look for in 2011 Chris Richards 2011
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