lightning vs supersonic

lightning

adj
  • Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning. 

noun
  • A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth. 

  • Anything that moves very fast. 

  • A discharge of this kind. 

verb
  • To produce lightning. 

supersonic

adj
  • Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure). 

  • Ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible. 

noun
  • An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound. 

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