supersonic jet
1Supersonic transport — The Concorde supersonic transport had an ogival delta wing, a slender fuselage and four underslung Rolls Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engines. A supersonic transport (SST) is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds… …
2Jet engine — For a general overview of aircraft engines, see Aircraft engine. A Pratt Whitney F100 turbofan engine for the …
3jet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. stream, spurt, gush, shoot, spout, pour, rush, squirt. n. stream, fountain; outgush, spurt; jet plane (see aviation). See water. adj. black, pitch[y], ebon[y]. See color. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn.… …
4supersonic — [[t]su͟ːpə(r)sɒ̱nɪk[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Supersonic aircraft travel faster than the speed of sound. There was a huge bang; it sounded like a supersonic jet …
5supersonic — UK [ˌsuːpə(r)ˈsɒnɪk] / US [ˌsupərˈsɑnɪk] adjective faster than the speed of sound a supersonic jet • See: subsonic …
6Jet set — is a journalistic term that was used to describe an international social group of wealthy people, organizing and participating in social activities all around the world that are unreachable to ordinary people. The term, which replaced café… …
7jet — [adj] black atramentous, coal black, dark, ebon, ebony, inky, midnight, obsidian, pitchblack, pitch dark, raven, sable; concept 618 Ant. white jet [n1] rush, gush of substance flow, fountain, spout, spray, spring, spritz, spurt, squirt, stream;… …
8jet engine — an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases. Also called jet, jet motor. [1940 45] * * * Any of a class of internal combustion engines that propel aircraft by… …
9Supersonic — For other uses see Supersonic .The term supersonic is used to define a speed that is over the speed of sound (Mach 1). At a typical temperature like 21 °C (70 °F), the threshold value required for an object to be traveling at a supersonic speed… …
10Supersonic business jet — A supersonic business jet (SSBJ) would be a small business jet, intended to travel at speeds above Mach 1.0. Typically intended to transport about ten passengers, SSBJs are about the same size as traditional subsonic business jets. Larger… …
