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sonic
[ son-ik ]
adjective
- of or relating to sound.
- noting or pertaining to a speed equal to that of sound in air at the same height above sea level.
sonic
/ ˈɒɪ /
adjective
- of, involving, or producing sound
- having a speed about equal to that of sound in air: 331 metres per second (741 miles per hour) at 0°C
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱt·Dzi adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sonic1
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Their sonic range can go anywhere from mellow, feel-good acoustics to strained vocals over hard-hitting electric guitar riffs.
These are meant to be the anesthetizing accompaniment to playlists featuring purveyors of sonic wallpaper made to help your whole body chill out — a vibe-fest, on demand.
That includes the "sonic experimeentation" of Faithless, a film soundtrack to a movie that never got made.
For here, everything was slightly abstracted — a sonic hum gave way to a hazy mixture of lights as I glanced at various ideas and impressions.
Pearl Jam’s guitarist Stone Gossard called the show a “sonic concussion.”
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