speed of sound

noun

The speed at which sound is propagated through some medium under specified conditions.

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Meanings

nounspeed of sound (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesThe speed at which sound is propagated through some medium under specified conditions.

    For them my loitering around / At less than the speed of sound / Or even the speed of light / Won't seem unheretical quite.

    1962, Robert Frost, “Some Science Fiction”, in In the Clearing, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, page 89

Translations

Afrikaans spoed van klank
  • spoed van klankspeed at which sound is propagated
Arabic سرعَة الصوت
  • سرعَة الصوتspeed at which sound is propagated
Bulgarian скорост на звука
  • скорост на звука (skorost na zvuka)speed at which sound is propagated
Catalan velocitat del so
  • velocitat del sospeed at which sound is propagated
Chinese Mandarin 音速
  • 音速 (yīnsù)speed at which sound is propagated
Czech rychlost zvuku
  • rychlost zvukuspeed at which sound is propagated
Danish lydens hastighed
  • lydens hastighedspeed at which sound is propagated
Dutch geluidssnelheid
  • geluidssnelheidspeed at which sound is propagated
Finnish äänen nopeus
  • äänen nopeusspeed at which sound is propagated
French vitesse du son
  • vitesse du sonspeed at which sound is propagated
German Schallgeschwindigkeit
  • Schallgeschwindigkeitspeed at which sound is propagated
Greek ταχύτητα του ήχου
  • ταχύτητα του ήχου (tachýtita tou íchou)speed at which sound is propagated
Hebrew מהירות הקול
  • מהירות הקול (mehirót ha-kól)speed at which sound is propagated
Hungarian hangsebesség
  • hangsebességspeed at which sound is propagated
Italian velocità del suono
  • velocità del suonospeed at which sound is propagated
Japanese 音速
  • 音速 (onsoku)speed at which sound is propagated
Korean 음속
  • 음속 (eumsok)speed at which sound is propagated
Lithuanian garso greitis
  • garso greitisspeed at which sound is propagated
Polish prędkość dźwięku
  • prędkość dźwiękuspeed at which sound is propagated
Portuguese velocidade do som
  • velocidade do somspeed at which sound is propagated
Romanian viteza sunetului
  • viteza sunetuluispeed at which sound is propagated
Russian ско́рость зву́ка
  • ско́рость зву́ка (skórostʹ zvúka)speed at which sound is propagated
Slovak rýchlosť zvuku
  • rýchlosť zvukuspeed at which sound is propagated
Spanish velocidad del sonido
  • velocidad del sonidospeed at which sound is propagated
Swedish ljudhastighet
  • ljudhastighetspeed at which sound is propagated
Thai ความเร็วเสียง
  • ความเร็วเสียง (kwaam reo sĭang)speed at which sound is propagated
Cite this entry
APA

speed of sound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speed%20of%20sound

MLA

“speed of sound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speed%20of%20sound. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speed of sound,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speed%20of%20sound.

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