Meaning

2 senses

  1. A surname from Czech.

  2. Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (1838–1916), born in Moravia (now Czech Republic).

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Mach stands for the speed of sound.

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  2. Thomas is built like a Mach truck.

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  3. The maximum cruising speed of this airplane is Mach 3.

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Origin

* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Lower Sorbian surname, from pet forms produce

* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Lower Sorbian surname, from pet forms produced by truncation of personal names beginning with Ma- such as Matej, Martin, or Maciej, and the addition of the Slavic suffix -ch.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
macaroonmacawmacemachetemachineA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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