sonic barrier
Example Sentences
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Sound was initially dismissed as a possible deterrent when research revealed fishes become acclimated to constant tones and would eventually move through a sonic barrier.
From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2017
He is sure that many "terrors of space" will evaporate like the "sonic barrier," which once was thought to limit the speed of airplanes.
From Time Magazine Archive
When U.S. air scientists heard the triumphant trumpetings of the British press, they protested that they, too, had shot rocket-driven missiles through the sonic barrier.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when jets pushed aircraft up to the sonic barrier, it turned out to be nothing worse than a bump in the road.
From Time Magazine Archive
An accelerating, effortless flight, a faint tremor as they passed the sonic barrier, then no sensory impressions at all.
From The Mighty Dead by Gault, William Campbell
