boomless cruise

English

Alternative forms

  • boom-less cruise

Etymology

boom +‎ -less +‎ cruise. From eliminating the apparent sonic boom during the supersonic cruise portion of a flight.

Noun

boomless cruise (countable and uncountable, plural boomless cruises)

  1. (aviation) A technique for supersonic flight where the sonic boom does not reach the Earth's surface, by taking advantage of atmospheric conditions to refract the shockwave upwards, away from the ground.
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