Dictionary Definition
sonic adj
1 (of speed) having or caused by speed
approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level; "a sonic
boom" [syn: transonic]
[ant: subsonic,
supersonic]
2 relating to audible sound; "a sonic wave"
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Adjective
sonic- of or relating to sound
- having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air
See also
Translations
of or relating to sound
- Finnish: sooninen
having a speed approaching that of the speed of
sound in air
Extensive Definition
Sonic could refer to:
- Sonic the Hedgehog, a video game character created by Sega
- Sonic, (adj.), of or relating to audible sounds.
- -sonic-, a prefix/infix/suffix for words with meanings that relate to acoustics.
- S.O.N.I.C, System-Oriented Network Interface Controller: an ethernet-controller
- Sonic (train), express-train in Japan made by Hedeo Kazima
- Mach 1
- Sonic boom, audible component of a shock wave in air
- Sonic Drive-In, restaurant-chain selling fast food
- Sonic Enemy, record label
- Sonic Foundry, computer software company which develops programs for editing audio and video
- Sonic hedgehog gene and protein named after a specific famous video game character
- Sonic screwdriver, fictional tool in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who
- Sonic Software, operating unit of Progress Software
- Sonic Solutions, company operating in digital-media markets
- Sonic Team, developer of computer games and video games
- Sonic Youth, alternative rock band
- Sonic 102.9, independently-owned radio station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that plays modern rock
- SonicStage, computer program
- Sonic Shower, Star Trek technology that uses sonic pulse vibrations to remove dirt from the body
- Supersonic and hypersonic speeds
- Seattle SuperSonics (often just Seattle Sonics), a National Basketball Association team
- Sonic (typeface)
sonic in Spanish: Sonic
sonic in Italian: Sonic
sonic in Japanese: ソニック
sonic in Swedish: Sonic
sonic in Portuguese: Sonic