ultrahigh

[ uhl-truh-hahy ]

/ ˌʌl trəˈhaɪ /

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adjective

extremely high: ultrahigh skyscrapers of 100 stories.

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Origin of ultrahigh

First recorded in 1945–50; ultra- + high

Words nearby ultrahigh

ultrafast, ultrafiche, ultrafilter, ultrafiltrate, ultra filtration, ultrahigh, ultrahigh frequency, ultraism, ultralarge crude carrier, ultraleft, ultraleftist

How to use ultrahigh in a sentence

The researchers’ “continuous model” of the origins of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays is a simplification — every piece of matter does not emit ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays.
Cosmic Map of Ultrahigh-Energy Particles Points to Long-Hidden Treasures|Natalie Wolchover|April 27, 2021|Quanta Magazine
The correspondence makes it more likely that TDEs are at least one source of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays.
Cosmic Map of Ultrahigh-Energy Particles Points to Long-Hidden Treasures|Natalie Wolchover|April 27, 2021|Quanta Magazine
The direction of the cosmic-ray excess was nowhere near the center of the Milky Way galaxy, supporting the long-standing hypothesis that ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays come from outside the galaxy.
Cosmic Map of Ultrahigh-Energy Particles Points to Long-Hidden Treasures|Natalie Wolchover|April 27, 2021|Quanta Magazine
More clues have arrived in the form of super-energetic neutrinos, which are produced by ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays.
Cosmic Map of Ultrahigh-Energy Particles Points to Long-Hidden Treasures|Natalie Wolchover|April 27, 2021|Quanta Magazine

They’re predicting a future of both ultralow rates and ultrahigh profit growth that’s never reigned in the past.
Investing legends Carl Icahn and Jeremy Grantham see a stock market bubble|Shawn Tully|January 8, 2021|Fortune
Technophilanthropists: Today there are more than 1,400 billionaires and 93,000 “ultrahigh net worth” individuals in the world.
The World Is Getting Better, Argues New Book, ‘Abundance’|Sam Harris|February 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST