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Mach number  

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  • Mach number (M or Ma) is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics representing the ratio of flow velocity past a boundary to the local speed of sound. It is named after the Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_number)

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