Mach
/mɑːk/ name, noun, phrase, slang
name, noun, phrase, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds; always precedes the Mach number. uncountable
"The jet traveled at Mach 3."
- 2 Clipping of Machiavellian. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal
"The 1992 review concluded that Machs are generally less satisfied with their jobs."
Phrase
- 1 Acronym of microservices, API-first, cloud-native, headless. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Czech.
- 2 Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (1838–1916), born in Moravia (now Czech Republic).
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Thomas is built like a Mach truck."
Etymology
* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Lower Sorbian surname, from pet forms produced by truncation of personal names beginning with Ma- such as Matej, Martin, or Maciej, and the addition of the Slavic suffix -ch. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mache (“work”). * Less commonly, a respelling of Hungarian Mács, a pet form of names corresponding to Matthew. * In some cases, from Vietnamese (Mạch, itself from the Chinese name 麥 /麦) or Cambodian, from Khmer ម៉ាច (maac).