ultrasonic

English

Wikipedia

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, 超声 (zh) (chāoshēng)

• Czech: nadzvukový (cs)
• French: ultrasonique (fr), ultrasonore (fr), ultra-sonore (fr)
• German: Ultraschall- (de)

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