ultrahigh

[ uhl-truh-hahy ]

adjective

1. extremely high:

   ultrahigh skyscrapers of 100 stories.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ultrahigh¹

First recorded in 1945–50; ultra- + high

Example Sentences

Now that the spacecraft is outside the Sun’s protective bubble, its electronics are also vulnerable to strikes from galactic cosmic rays, charged particles accelerated to ultrahigh energies by supernovae and other cosmic engines.

From Science Magazine

"WGM resonators' ultrahigh sensitivity lets us detect single particles and ions, but the potential of this powerful technology has not been fully utilized because we can't use this ultrasensitive sensor directly to measure a complete unknown," Liao added.

From Science Daily

This configuration allows EPs to be tuned solely through adjustments to the control unit, allowing for ultrahigh sensitivity without the need for complex modifications to the sensor.

From Science Daily

"This will hopefully lead to future storage devices with ultrahigh information density and high reliability."

From Science Daily

They then deposited spiral-shaped chiral molecules -- a 1:1 mixture of left- and right-handed heptahelicene molecules -- onto these cobalt islands in ultrahigh vacuum.

From Science Daily