Any neutrinos traveling faster than light would radiate energy away, leaving a wake of slower particles analogous to the sonic boom of a supersonic fighter jet.
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Sonic
//ˈsɒnɪk//
Synonyms for "sonic" (5 found)
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Antonyms
2 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
14 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- صَوْتِيّ adj (of or relating to sound)
Belarusian
1 entries- гукавы́ adj (of or relating to sound)
Bulgarian
2 entries- зву́ков adj (of or relating to sound)
- със скоростта на звука adj (having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air)
Catalan
2 entries- sònic adj (of or relating to sound)
- sònic adj (having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 聲音的 /声音的 adj (of or relating to sound)
- 音響的 /音响的 adj (of or relating to sound)
Czech
1 entries- zvukový adj (of or relating to sound)
Danish
1 entries- sonisk adj (of or relating to sound)
Dutch
2 entries- geluids adj (of or relating to sound)
- sonisch adj (of or relating to sound)
Esperanto
1 entries- sona adj (of or relating to sound)
Finnish
2 entries- sooninen adj (of or relating to sound)
- ääni adj (of or relating to sound)
French
2 entries- sonique adj (of or relating to sound)
- sonore adj (of or relating to sound)
Galician
1 entries- sónico adj (of or relating to sound)
German
2 entries- Schall adj (of or relating to sound)
- akustisch adj (of or relating to sound)
Hungarian
2 entries- hang adj (of or relating to sound)
- hangos adj (of or relating to sound)
Icelandic
1 entries- hljóð adj (of or relating to sound)
Irish
2 entries- sonach adj (of or relating to sound)
- sonach adj (having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air)
Italian
2 entries- sonico adj (of or relating to sound)
- sonoro adj (of or relating to sound)
Japanese
2 entries- 音の adj (of or relating to sound)
- 音響の adj (of or relating to sound)
Korean
3 entries- 소리의 adj (of or relating to sound)
- 음의 adj (of or relating to sound)
- 음향의 adj (of or relating to sound)
Macedonian
1 entries- звуков adj (of or relating to sound)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sonisk adj (of or relating to sound)
Persian
1 entries- صوتی adj (of or relating to sound)
Polish
1 entries- dźwiękowy adj (of or relating to sound)
Portuguese
2 entries- sónico adj (of or relating to sound)
- sônico adj (of or relating to sound)
Russian
2 entries- звуково́й adj (of or relating to sound)
- околозвуково́й adj (having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zvȗčan adj (of or relating to sound)
- зву̑чан adj (of or relating to sound)
Slovak
1 entries- zvukový adj (of or relating to sound)
Slovene
1 entries- zvočen adj (of or relating to sound)
Spanish
1 entries- sónico adj (of or relating to sound)
Swedish
1 entries- sonisk adj (of or relating to sound)
Ukrainian
1 entries- звукови́й adj (of or relating to sound)
Uzbek
1 entries- tovushli adj (of or relating to sound)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Sonic toothbrushes may clean teeth better, but they use electricity.
Source: tatoeba (9011726)
I really like your plushies. Is that one Sonic?
Source: tatoeba (9345058)
"Remember the first movie Sonic design?" "Yeah. That was horrific. I'm glad they changed it."
Source: tatoeba (10024481)
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