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Cauchy number
In fluid mechanics, a dimensionless group that arises in the study of compressible flow. The square of the Mach number, its physical interpretation is the ratio of inertia force (U2) to compressibility force (1/κ), where is density, U is a characteristic speed, and κ is compressibility.
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