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Meanings of subsonic in English

Catalan
subsònic

(Of speed) less than that of sound in a designated medium.

        subsònic
        Usage of subsonic in English
        1
        Most of the deaths were from subsonic rupturing of the great organs.
        The Centauri Device
        2
        The subsonic thrum of their antigrav units made his insides go soft.
        Ghosts of Onyx
        3
        It grew louder, a subsonic roar that shook John to his bones.
        The Fall of Reach
        4
        The subsonic round had eighty percent less velocity than its supersonic cousin.
        Act of treason
        5
        No point using a silencer except with a subsonic muzzle velocity.
        Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
        6
        The missiles fly low, to avoid most radar, and travel at subsonic speed.
        The Irish Times
        7
        Paruto and Waruna replied simultaneously with a subsonic rumble of acknowledgment.
        Ghosts of Onyx
        8
        Kurt felt the familiar subsonic thrum around him, and he relaxed.
        Ghosts of Onyx
        9
        The halandana's growl grew deeper and louder, filling ultra -and subsonic frequencies.
        The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
        10
        They were still in the darkness when they dropped below subsonic.
        The Reality Dysfunction
        11
        As a general rule, we prefer our police officers subsonic.
        Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
        12
        They would definitely stop a nine-millimeter round, subsonic or not.
        Act of treason
        13
        The spaceplane stopped shaking as it dropped to subsonic velocity.
        The Reality Dysfunction
        14
        The eggs reached subsonic speed a kilometre above the land.
        The Naked God
        15
        Metal Machine Music, the Lou Reed album, has a few subsonic frequencies on it.
        The Guardian
        16
        The entire room settled, however, the distortion propagating toward the hill with a subsonic rumble.
        Ghosts of Onyx
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        Catalan
        subsònic
        Subsonic through the time
        Subsonic across language varieties
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