A sonic boom is a very loud noise that happens when something travels faster than the speed of sound.
He was the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, the first man to break the sound barrier and hear a sonic boom.
Millions of years ago, dinosaurs made sonic booms.
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It is thought the impedance mismatch caused by the jets of supersonic aircraft might be used to reduce thesonicboomoverpressure.
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The splendid section on the subjective assessment of aircraft noise points to the importance of turbulence in the lower atmosphere in determining the subjective reaction tosonicboom.
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This leaves out of account the question of thesonicboom.
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Also, what are we to say onsonicboom?
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The supersonics are also likely to follow, forsonicboomreasons, the great ocean routes.
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It is important if one has a greenhouse that it should not be knocked down by asonicboom.
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Ives to the effect that an electric fire was blown on to a hearthrug by asonicboom.
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The members of that committee have asked why insurance companies have been referring to addingsonicboomcover to policies.
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Secondly, there is the question ofsonicboom.
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Noise is not related only to thesonicboom.
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The problem of thesonicboomis now clearly with us.
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Measurements are being made to determine variations insonicboomover-pressures caused by meteorological conditions.
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One ton of rock collapses for everysonicboom.
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Second, will he indicate what tests of public reaction are to be carried out in this country to ascertain the tolerability ofsonicboom?
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The effect of asonicboomin such cases will be similar to that of any loud noise.
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