Mach

Mach

also mach  (mäk)

n.

Mach number.

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Mach

(mæk)

n

(Units) short for Mach number

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Mach

(German max)

n

(Biography) Ernst (ɛrnst). 1838–1916, Austrian physicist and philosopher. He devised the system of speed measurement using the Mach number. He also founded logical positivism, asserting that the validity of a scientific law is proved only after empirical testing

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mach

or Mach

(mɑk)

n.

a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbr.: M

[after E. Mach]

Mach

(mɑk, mɑx)

n.

Ernst, 1838–1916, Austrian physicist.

mach.

1. machine.

2. machinery.

3. machinist.

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Mach

- The scale measuring the speed of an object or fluid relative to the speed of sound is named for philosopher/physicist Ernst Mach (1838-1916), who researched thermodynamics; Mach is the ratio of the speed of something to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium.

See also related terms for measuring.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Mach - Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916) Ernst Mach

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Translations

Mach

mach

Mach

[mæk] N → mach m

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Mach

[ˈmɑːk] n → Mach m

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Mach

n → Mach nt; Mach number → Machzahl f; the jet was approaching Mach 2 → das Flugzeug näherte sich (einer Geschwindigkeit von) 2 Mach

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Mach

[mæk] n (Aer) (also Mach number) → (numero di) mach m inv

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