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ˌsuperaerodyˈnamics, n. pl. [f. super-, with reference to the upper atmosphere.] The study of motion of and in a gas so rarefied that it has to be treated as a collection of individual particles rather than a continuous fluid. Hence ˌsuperaerodyˈnamic a.
1934A. F. Zahm in Jrnl. Franklin Inst. CCXVII. 153 (heading) Superaerodynamics. 1952W. F. Hilton High-Speed Aerodynamics xiii. 351 The Mach number should be greater than the Reynolds number for superaerodynamic conditions to prevail. Ibid. 353 There is no reason why M should not be less than unity; i.e., a subsonic superaerodynamic flow could exist. 1957Jrnl. Aeronaut. Sci. XXIV. 527/1 The mechanics of the kinetic theory of gases is employed to describe the drag force on the nose of a missile moving in the superaerodynamic region of the atmosphere. 1960McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XIII. 293/2 It is convenient to divide superaerodynamics into three flow regimes. |