sound barrier en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) Sonic barrier, the sudden increase in drag (resistance) and other effects experienced by moving objects when their speed approaches that of sound or becomes supersonic (which used to be considered a barrier to higher speeds).
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(countable) A noise barrier, a structure beside a highway designed to reduce the noise of traffic.
St Ives: The guided busway on the old railway alignment to Cambridge has just passed its tenth anniversary. Railfuture has noted its down-at-heel physical appearance, with dirty concrete beams, damaged sound barriers, and unmanaged vegetation.
2021 October 6, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Anglia”, in RAIL, number 941, page 29:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sound barriers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (30)
it barriera del suono (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · tl tunuging hadlang (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · it barriera antirumore (noise-reducing structure) · da støjskærm (noise-reducing structure) · da støjafskærmning (noise-reducing structure) · de Lärmschutzwand (noise-reducing structure) · it muro del suono (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · nb lydmur (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · de Lärmschutzwall (noise-reducing structure) · ru звуково́й барье́р (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · tr ses duvarı (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · fi meluaita (noise-reducing structure) · tr ses bariyeri (noise-reducing structure) · sv ljudvall (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · de Schallmauer (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · fr mur du son (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · sv bullerplank (noise-reducing structure) · da støjvold (noise-reducing structure) · pl bariera dźwiękowa (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · th กำแพงเสียง (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · th กำแพงเสียง (noise-reducing structure) · th กำแพงกันเสียง (noise-reducing structure) · fi äänivalli (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · nn lydmur (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · da lydmur (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · uk звукови́й бар'є́р (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound) · fi meluvalli (noise-reducing structure) · fr mur anti-bruit (noise-reducing structure) · it barriera acustica (noise-reducing structure) · pl bariera dźwięku (drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound)