sonic barrier

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Sound was initially dismissed as a possible deterrent when research revealed fishes become acclimated to constant tones and would eventually move through a sonic barrier.

From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2017

When the plane reaches about 80% of the speed of sound, however, the velocity of the air flowing over the upper side of the wing reaches the sonic barrier.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when jets pushed aircraft up to the sonic barrier, it turned out to be nothing worse than a bump in the road.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, although the sonic barrier is around 660 m.p.h. at the normal jet cruising altitude of 35,000 ft., commercial jets are held down to a speed of about 560 m.p.h.

From Time Magazine Archive

An accelerating, effortless flight, a faint tremor as they passed the sonic barrier, then no sensory impressions at all.

From The Mighty Dead by Gault, William Campbell