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(sɒnɪk)
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Sonic is used to describe things related to sound.
[technical]
He activated the door with the miniature sonic transmitter.

sonic in British English

(ˈsɒnɪk)
adjective
1. 
of, involving, or producing sound
2. 
having a speed about equal to that of sound in air: 331 metres per second (741 miles per hour) at 0°C
Word origin
C20: from Latin sonus sound

sonic in American English

(ˈsɑnɪk)
adjective
1. 
of or having to do with sound
2. 
designating or of a speed equal to the speed of sound (about 1,220 km per hour, or 760 mph, throughair at sea level at room temperature)
Derived forms
sonically (ˈsonically)
adverb
Word origin
< L sonus, sound1 + -ic

Examples of 'sonic' in a sentence
sonic

Will a sonic screwdriver work against a ghost?
The Sun (2013)
He was disturbed to find that she owned a sonic screwdriver.
The Sun (2010)
And all of this is done without a sonic screwdriver.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Yet there turned out to be no sonic boom at all.
Peter McEvoy For Love or Money (2006)
Lightning shot through the darkness and the air rocked with the sonic booms of thunder.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The sonic landscape had changed to something altogether harsher and more real.
The Sun (2010)
But experts said the phenomenon was probably a sonic boom triggered by the space rock plunging through the atmosphere.
The Sun (2012)
In plot terms, think gooey sonic screwdriver.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Bet she's sick of the sight of his sonic screwdriver.
The Sun (2010)
When a freight train passes it's as though a sonic boom has struck.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The same goes for the incessant questions about being passed the sonic screwdriver by the most popular Doctor yet.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Neither of which is possible if you are exceeding the speed of sound, thanks to the extremely audible sonic boom.
The Sun (2014)
Oh, and he will notice that his sonic screwdriver isn't what it was.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
No sonic boom from Moon.
The Sun (2015)
I was right; this time the sonic landscape was less of a frequency battle and a much more harmonious experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The sight of the fireball was followed by a sonic boom as the meteorite exploded into thousands of pieces over Barwell near Leicester.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
THE 21st Century has seen a sonic boom in the quantity of summer music festivals.
The Sun (2013)
Within 90 seconds he had passed though the speed of sound, setting off a sonic boom that was heard by his team on the ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
sonic

British English: sonic ADJECTIVE
Sonic is used to describe things related to sound.
He activated the door with the miniature sonic transmitter.
  • American English: sonic
  • Brazilian Portuguese: sônico
  • Chinese: 声音的
  • European Spanish: sónico
  • French: sonique
  • German: Schall-
  • Italian: sonico
  • Japanese: 音の
  • Korean: 소리의
  • European Portuguese: sónico
  • Latin American Spanish: sónico

All related terms of 'sonic'

sonic boom
a loud explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an aircraft, etc, travelling at supersonic speed
sonic mine
an underwater naval explosive which is activated using sound. Also called an acoustic mine.
sonic barrier
the large increase of aerodynamic resistance encountered by some aircraft when flying near the speed of sound; sound barrier
sonic depth finder
an instrument for detecting the depth of water or of a submerged object by means of sound waves ; Fathometer
sound barrier
If an aircraft breaks the sound barrier , it reaches a speed that is faster than the speed of sound.
transonic barrier
a hypothetical barrier to flight at or above the speed of sound, when a sudden large increase in drag occurs
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