おんそく
Meanings
Noun
1. 音の伝わる速さ。一般には、常温の空気中における音の速さを指し、およそ340m/s。
Kanji used
sound
fast
Pitch accent
んそく
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Composed of
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
Examples (2 in total)
The new airplane flies at twice the speed of sound.
This jet travels about three times as fast as the speed of sound.