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Mach number

n :  a number representing the ratio of the speed of a body to the speed of sound in a surrounding medium (as air) <a Mach number of 2 indicates a speed that is twice that of sound and a Mach number of 0.5 a speed that is one half that of sound>  .
 
 

 
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