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by saberience 1022 days ago
I do not believe there is a literal "sonic boom" when clapping. It's possible to cap very slowly and still make a small noise and I don't believe my slow-clapping is pushing air around at 343 meters per second.
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Why not? The size of the channel it has to move through goes to zero as your hands meet, but the volume reduction per second is roughly constant. That means the velocity goes to "infinity."