ultrasonic

English

Etymology

ultra- +‎ sonic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

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
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超聲 (zh), 超声 (zh) (chāoshēng)

• Czech: nadzvukový (cs)
• French: ultrasonique (fr), ultrasonore (fr), ultra-sonore (fr)
• Georgian: ზებგერითი (ka) (zebgeriti), ულტრახმოვანი (ulṭraxmovani), ულტრაბგერითი (ulṭrabgeriti)
• German: Ultraschall- (de)
• Italian: ultrasonoro, ultrasonico

• Japanese: 超音 (ちょうおん, chōon)
• Portuguese: ultrassônico (pt) (Brazil), ultrassónico (pt) (Portugal)
• Romanian: supersonic (ro)
• Russian: ультразвуково́й (ru) (ulʹtrazvukovój), сверхзвуково́й (ru) (sverxzvukovój)
• Slovak: nadzvukový
• Spanish: ultrasónico
• Tagalog: lakdawnugin

Anagrams

• intralocus