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View synonyms for ultrasonic

ultrasonic

[ uhl-truh-son-ik ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.


ultrasonic

/ ˌʌltrəˈsɒnɪk /

adjective

  1. of, concerned with, or producing waves with the same nature as sound waves but frequencies above audio frequencies See also ultrasound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌultraˈsonically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • ultra·soni·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ultrasonic1

First recorded in 1925–30; ultra- + sonic
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Example Sentences

The big players are lidar, cameras, ultrasonic sensors, and radar.

Exactly how this works remains unclear, but it likely results from the physical “shaking” of neurons by ultrasonic sound waves.

People could then feel sensations with a device or perhaps with ultrasonic waves.

Bat-recording instruments, however, revealed a great roaring ultrasonic bat songs.

The technology uses a 3D sensing module and locates and tracks the ear position sending audio via ultrasonic waves to create sound pockets by the user’s ears.

The Guide aimed quickly and pressed the trigger of the ultrasonic stunner.

It carried an outsize ultrasonic generator and a device for directing the beam into the planet.

Most of them carried ultrasonic paralyzers, eighteen-inch batonlike things with bulbous ends.

Immediately, the ultrasonic paralyzers of the advancing paratimers went into action, and the mercenaries began dropping.

Has an ultrasonic dishwasher underneath, and it does some cooking on top, at the back.

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