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Infrasonic vs Supersonic - What's the difference?

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Supersonic is a related term of infrasonic.



As adjectives the difference between infrasonic and supersonic

is that infrasonic is having frequencies below the human audible range while supersonic is greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure.

infrasonic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of sound waves, acoustics) Having frequencies below the human audible range
  • (of a device) Generating or employing such sound waves

    • Related terms

    * infrasonics * infrasound

    Antonyms

    * ultrasonic

    supersonic

    English

    (wikipedia supersonic)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a speed) greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure)
  • (colloquial, of a sound) ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible

    • Related terms

    * (speed) plasmasonic, hypersonic, transonic, subsonic * (sound) infrasonic, sonic

    See also

    * superluminal

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