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sonic
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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sonic
son‧ic
/
ˈsɒnɪk
$
ˈsɑː-
/
adjective
[
only before noun
]
technical
HP
T
relating to sound,
sound
wave
s
, or the
speed
of sound
Examples from the Corpus
sonic
•
Who could
foresee
the
sonic
boom
when the
needle
finally hit the
groove
on my
cheap
record changer?
•
It is certainly
verified
experimentally that the
sonic
clicks
produced are both highly
structured
and
directional
.
•
It needs a
commitment
, a
strength
in parts and its own
sonic
identity
.
•
Reduced
sonic
logs
have been
superimposed
at well
locations
.
•
Valery Gergiev
stares
unblinkingly into the
sonic
maelstrom
that Tchaikovsky
unleashes
.
•
He was a hand
sonic
man,
rugged
, and everyone always remembered his
brilliant
blue
eyes.
•
For
sonic
strange
reason
management
did not share our
insight
.
Origin
sonic
(
1900-2000
)
Latin
sonus
;
→
SOUND
1
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