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Noun ernst mach has 1 sense
  1. Mach, Ernst Mach - Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916)
    --1 is a kind of physicist; philosopher

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Term: Ernst Mach

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1:

Definition: Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher known for his contributions to the science of mechanics, particularly for developing the Mach number and the concept of Mach bands.

Sample Sentence: Ernst Mach's groundbreaking work in the field of mechanics revolutionized the understanding of fluid dynamics.

Sense 2:

Definition: Ernst Mach is also referred to as Mach, an SI unit to measure the speed of an object relative to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium.

Sample Sentence: The fighter jet broke the sound barrier, reaching Mach 2 in less than a minute.

Sense 3:

Definition: In philosophy, Ernst Mach is associated with the Machian view, which suggests that only observable entities have real existence and that scientific theories should be based solely on empirical observations.

Sample Sentence: Machians argue that scientific theories should focus on verifiable data rather than speculative explanations.

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