ultrasonic

English

Etymology

From ultra- +‎ sonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌltɹəˈsɒnɪk/

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• 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.
   • 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 159–160:

     The wheel shop also has equipment for ultrasonic testing of axles for flaws; and systematic checking of locomotive axles and crank pins is carried out as they pass through the shops.

   • 2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times‎^[1]:

     When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.

Antonyms

• infrasonic

Derived terms

• acousto-ultrasonic
• ultrasonic bath

Related terms

• ultrasound, ultrasonics
• sonic
• megasonic

Translations

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

• Belarusian: ультрагукавы́ (ulʹtrahukavý)
• Bulgarian: ултразву́ков (ultrazvúkov)
• Catalan: ultrasónico
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超聲 / 超声 (zh) (chāoshēng)

• Czech: ultrazvukový (cs)
• French: ultrasonique (fr), ultrasonore (fr), ultra-sonore (fr)
• Georgian: ზებგერითი (ka) (zebgeriti), ულტრახმოვანი (ulṭraxmovani), ულტრაბგერითი (ulṭrabgeriti)
• German: Ultraschall- (de)
• Hungarian: ultraszonikus
• Indonesian: ultrasonik (id)
• Irish: ultrasonach
• Italian: ultrasonoro (it), ultrasonico (it)
• Japanese: 超音 (ちょうおん, chōon)
• Kazakh: ультрадыбысты (ultradybysty)
• Polish: ultradźwiękowy (pl)
• Portuguese: ultrassônico (pt) (Brazil), ultrassónico (pt) (Portugal)
• Romanian: supersonic (ro)
• Russian: ультразвуково́й (ru) (ulʹtrazvukovój)
• Slovak: ultrazvukový
• Spanish: ultrasónico
• Tagalog: lakdawnugin
• Ukrainian: ультразвукови́й (ulʹtrazvukovýj)

Anagrams

• intralocus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ultrasonique, equivalent to ultra- +‎ sonic.

Adjective

ultrasonic m or n (feminine singular ultrasonică, masculine plural ultrasonici, feminine and neuter plural ultrasonice)

1. ultrasonic

Declension

Declension of ultrasonic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	ultrasonic		ultrasonică		ultrasonici	ultrasonice
	definite	ultrasonicul		ultrasonica		ultrasonicii	ultrasonicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	ultrasonic		ultrasonice		ultrasonici	ultrasonice
	definite	ultrasonicului		ultrasonicei		ultrasonicilor	ultrasonicelor