Meaning of 音速(おんそく) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 音速

Kana Reading おんそく

Romaji onsoku

Examples of 音速, おんそく in a sentence

新しい飛行機は音速の二倍の速さで飛ぶ。

The new airplane flies at twice the speed of sound.
このジェット機は音速の約三倍で飛ぶ。

This jet travels about three times as fast as the speed of sound.

速 JLPT 3

10 strokes

quick, fast

On'Yomi: ソク

Kun'Yomi: はや.い, はや-, はや.める, すみ.やか

音 JLPT 4

9 strokes

sound, noise

On'Yomi: オン, イン, -ノン

Kun'Yomi: おと, ね

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