velocity of sound

collocation in English

meaningsofvelocityandsound

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velocity
noun[C or U]
uk
/vəˈlɒs.ə.ti/us
/vəˈlɑː.sə.t̬i/
the speed at which an object ...
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sound
noun
uk
/saʊnd/us
/saʊnd/
something that you can hear or that can ...
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(Definition ofvelocityandsoundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The gas ahead of the detonation wave is assumed to be at rest with a constantvelocityofsound.
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We have derived the similarity solution to describe the flow in the neighbourhood of the collapse point where flow velocities and the localvelocityofsoundare large.
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Additional comparison of this last figure with thevelocityofsoundsuggests that compressibility is unimportant.
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Thevelocityofsoundin these compartments are 1620, 1532, 1641, 1532 m/s respectively.
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An extension of the method renders possible the determination of thevelocityofsoundin different gases.
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We note that, the electromagnetic waves in the medium propagate with a velocity much greater than thevelocityofsoundin the same medium.
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The dispersion relation for phonons is to first order linear in wavevector, namely "ck", where is frequency, and is thevelocityofsound.
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Steam quality determines thevelocityofsound, which declines with decreasing dryness due to the inertia of the liquid phase.
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As thevelocityofsoundthrough water is known (preferably a soundprofile is taken regularly), the distance is known.
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The presence of these gas bubbles increases the compressibility of the solution, thereby lowering thevelocityofsoundin the solution.
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Arago's earliest physical researches were on the pressure of steam at different temperatures, and thevelocityofsound, 1818 to 1822.
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