English
Etymology
After physicist Ernst Mach.
Noun
Mach number (uncountable)
- (physics) The ratio of the speed of a body to that of sound in the surrounding medium.
Coordinate terms
Translations
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- Catalan: nombre de Mach m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 馬赫數 / 马赫数 (zh)
- Czech: Machovo číslo f
- Dutch: machgetal n
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: Machi arv (et)
- Finnish: Machin luku
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Mach-Zahl f
- Greek: αριθμός Μαχ m (arithmós Mach)
- Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: numero di Mach m
- Japanese: マッハ数 (mahha sū)
- Kannada: ಮ್ಯಾಕ್ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ (kn) (myāk saṅkhye)
- Korean: 마하수 (mahasu)
- Portuguese: número de Mach m, número Mach m
- Romanian: numărul lui Mach (ro) n
- Spanish: número Mach m
- Thai: เลขมัค
- Turkish: Mach sayısı
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Further reading
References
- JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms