A block is released from rest at the top of a hill of height h. If there is negligible friction between the block and the hill, the block arrives at the bottom of the hill with speed v. The block is released from rest at the top of another hill with a rough surface and height h. If one-half of the initial mechanical energy of the block-Earth system is lost due to friction as the block descends the hill, the block will reach the bottom of the hill with a speed of

this is poiselle's equation from fluid mechanic in physics. mech eng

it's when something is going so fast it makes a loud noise, breaking the sound barrier, for example: a jet makes a loud noise, not only cause of the jet but because they reached a point where they went so fast that you can year the noise from various parts, kinda like a police car, lets say the car was going   so fast that you hear the siren of the cop car right next to you, but the car is probably a mile a way, it's cos the siren was next to you a few seconds if you understand me