ultrasonic

English

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Etymology

ultra- +‎ sonic

Adjective

ultrasonic (comparative more ultrasonic, superlative most ultrasonic)

1. (acoustics) Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.

Related terms

• ultrasound, ultrasonics
• sonic

Antonyms

• infrasonic

Translations

beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear

Catalan: ultrasónico (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 超聲 (zh), 超声 (zh) (chāoshēng) Czech: nadzvukový (cs) French: ultrasonique (fr), ultrasonore (fr), ultra-sonore (fr) German: Ultraschall- (de)

Italian: ultrasonoro (it), ultrasonico (it) Japanese: 超音 (ja) (ちょうおん, chōon) Russian: ультразвуковой (ru) (ul’trazvukovój), сверхзвуковой (ru) (sverxzvukovój) Slovak: nadzvukový (sk) Spanish: ultrasónico (es)