| BOSONIC | • bosonic adj. (Quantum mechanics) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a boson. • BOSONIC adj. relating to a boson, a kind of subatomic particle. |
| DIAPASONIC | • DIAPASONIC adj. relating to a diapason, also DIAPASONAL. |
| FREEMASONIC | • Freemasonic adj. Of or pertaining to Freemasonry. • FREEMASONIC adj. relating to freemasons. |
| HYPERSONIC | • hypersonic adj. (Of a speed, aviation) Equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound. • hypersonic adj. (Of a speed, aeronautics) Far enough above the speed of sound as to cause significant differences in… • HYPERSONIC adj. flying at more than five times the speed of sound. |
| INFRASONIC | • infrasonic adj. (Of sound waves, acoustics) Having frequencies below the human audible range. • infrasonic adj. (Of a device) Generating or employing such sound waves. • INFRASONIC adj. having or relating to a frequency below the audibility range of the human ear. |
| MASONIC | • masonic adj. Of or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry. • masonic adj. Of or pertaining to freemasonry. • Masonic adj. Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or mysteries. |
| MESONIC | • mesonic adj. Of or pertaining to mesons. • MESONIC adj. relating to the meson, a short-lived subatomic particle of smaller mass than a proton. |
| OPSONIC | • opsonic adj. Relating to, produced by, or involving opsonin. • OPSONIC adj. relating to opsonin, a substance of blood serum making bacteria vulnerable to phagocytic action. |
| PARSONIC | • parsonic adj. Of or relating to a parson; clerical. • PARSONIC adj. of or pertaining to a parson, also PARSONICAL. |
| QUADRASONIC | • quadrasonic adj. Quadraphonic. • QUADRASONIC adj. relating to a system of sound recording and reproduction that uses four independent loudspeakers to give directional sources of sound. |
| SONIC | • sonic adj. Of or relating to sound. • sonic adj. Having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air. • SONIC adj. pertaining to sound. |
| STEREOSONIC | • STEREOSONIC adj. stereophonic. |
| SUBSONIC | • subsonic adj. (Of a sound, scientific) having a frequency too low to be audible. • subsonic adj. (Of a sound, literary) very quiet, almost inaudible. • subsonic adj. (Of a speed) (aviation) less than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure). |
| SUPERSONIC | • supersonic adj. (Of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure). • supersonic adj. (Colloquial, of a sound) Ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible. • supersonic n. An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound. |
| TELSONIC | • telsonic adj. Relating to the telson. • TELSONIC adj. relating to a telson, the last segment of the abdomen in many arthropods. |
| THRASONIC | • thrasonic adj. (Obsolete) thrasonical. • THRASONIC adj. given to or marked by boasting and bragging, also THRASONICAL. |
| TRANSONIC | • transonic adj. Just below, or just above the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately). • transonic adj. Passing from subsonic to supersonic, or vice versa. • transonic adj. Travelling through a fluid (commonly air) at a speed where regions of supersonic and subsonic flow coexist… |
| TRANSSONIC | • transsonic adj. Alternative form of transonic. • TRANSSONIC adj. relating to the range of speeds close to that sound. |
| ULTRASONIC | • ultrasonic adj. (Acoustics) Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with… • ULTRASONIC adj. denoting airwaves or vibrations with frequencies higher than those audible to the human ear. |