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Definition of Sonic barrier
1. Noun. The increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound.
Definition of Sonic barrier
1. Noun. sound barrier ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sonic Barrier
Literary usage of Sonic barrier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Federal Equity Practice: A Treatise on the Pleadings Used and Practice by Thomas Atkins Street (1909)
"But there was no reason why the federal courts should thus permit the statute to
be defeated; and accordingly sonic barrier had to be erected to keep ..."
2. Transcendence of the Western Mind by Samuel Avery (2003)
"The sonic barrier is down again, but I don't mind. It is not so bad hearing people
around me. If it is also down in the office there will be no work again, ..."
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