ultrasound

English

Noun

Wikipedia ultrasound (countable and uncountable; plural ultrasounds)

1. (physics) sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing; approximately 20 kilohertz
2. (medicine) The use of ultrasonic waves for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

Translations

sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing

• Arabic: الموجات فوق الصوتية (ar) (al-muujaat fáwq al-Sawtíyya) f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超聲波 (cmn), 超声波 (cmn) (chāoshēngbō), 超音波 (cmn) (chāoyīnbō)

• Czech: ultrazvuk (cs) m
• Danish: ultralyd (da) c
• French: ultrason (fr) m
• Galician: ultrasón (gl) m
• German: Ultraschall (de) m
• Greek: υπέρηχος (el) (ypérichos) m
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: अल्ट्रासाउंड (hi) (alṭrāsā'uṇḍ)

• Hungarian: ultrahang (hu)
• Japanese: 超音波 (ja) (ちょうおんぱ, chōonba)
• Korean: 초음파 (ko) (cho-eumpa) (超音波 (ko))
• Norwegian: ultralyd (no) n

  Nynorsk: ultraljod (nn) n

• Polish: ultradźwięk (pl) m
• Russian: ультразвук (ru) (ul'trazvúk) m
• Spanish: ultrasonido (es) m
• Swedish: ultraljud (sv) n
• Thai: อัลตราซาวนด์ (th) (andtrâasaawohn)
• Turkish: ultrason (tr), yansılanım (tr)

Related terms

• ultrasonic, ultrasonics

Antonyms

• (physics): infrasound

Anagrams

• undulators