What does "Mach" stand for?

Question:
As in speed of sound.
how did the WORD Mach, come about.
we know that, 1238 km/h or 770 mph. = Mach 1

Answers:

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Mach number- The Mach number is named after Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.

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Mach is the last name of the Austrian physicist who first discovered that it takes an aircraft a speed of 770 mph to break the sound barrier and cause a sonic boom, which is the noise made when sound waves from the plane speed into the projected sound waves. Kind of like waves from the ocean crashing on the beach, would be a visual example.

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The Mach number is named after Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.

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Mach number (Ma) (pronounced: [mæk], [mɑːk]) is a measure of relative speed. It is defined as the speed of an object relative to a fluid medium, divided by the speed of sound in that medium:

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Ernst Mach (February 18, 1838 – February 19, 1916) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher and is the namesake for the "Mach number" (aka Mach speed).

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It started off being Mark, like Mark Twain. But the word got Africanized and then turned into Mach, which is the African pronounciation of Mark. I think.

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It is named after ERNST MACH

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Actually the term Mach 1 is a reference to a hypothetical reference value, named after Ernst Mach. It deals with fluid dynamices and relative values for similar effect in different mediums. Sea Level, 59deg. F , 29.92 Baro. AKA. A "Standard Day"and you have the speed of sound or Mach 1 at 761.0 miles per hour! At least according to the NASA web page I was just refreshing my memory with.

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mach is how many times faster you are traveling than the speed of sound.

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So, if you travel mach 2, you are traveling 2 times faster than sound travels.

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