ultrashort

English

Etymology

ultra- +‎ short

Adjective

ultrashort (not comparable)

1. Very short.

   ultrashort skirts

2. (sciences) Extremely short in duration, typically on the femtosecond scale

   an ultrashort pulse

3. (physics, of a wave) Having a wavelength of between 1 and 10 metres
4. (finance) Having a very short term of investment, typically less than a year

   an ultrashort bond

Synonyms

• (very short): megashort

Related terms

• ultrafast
• hypershort
• supershort

Translations

very short

• Finnish: ultralyhyt (rare); erittäin lyhyt
• German: megakurz
• Kazakh: ультрақысқа (ultraqysqa)

science: extremely short in duration

• Finnish: erittäin lyhyt
• Kazakh: ультрақысқа (ultraqysqa)

physics: having a wavelength between 1 and 10 metres

• Finnish: ultralyhyt
• Galician: ultracurto (gl)
• Kazakh: ультрақысқа (ultraqysqa)

finance: having a very short term of investment

• Finnish: erittäin lyhyt

See also

• Ultrashort pulse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

ultrashort (plural ultrashorts)

1. (finance) A bond with an extremely short term, typically less than a year
   • 1995 February 19, Carole Gould, “Mutual Funds: Ultrashort but Long on Choices”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Ultrashorts were a way for the fund industry to appeal to bank customers, by offering an investment whose price did not vary much but whose yield was higher than that on certificates of deposit.