ultrasonic
of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.
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Origin of ultrasonic
1Other words from ultrasonic
- ul·tra·son·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use ultrasonic in a sentence
The big players are lidar, cameras, ultrasonic sensors, and radar.
An ‘Uncrashable’ Car? Luminar Says Its Lidar Can Get There | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | June 23, 2021 | Singularity HubExactly how this works remains unclear, but it likely results from the physical “shaking” of neurons by ultrasonic sound waves.
My Lab Uses Ultrasound to Stimulate Unconscious Patients - Facts So Romantic | Joshua Cain | June 15, 2021 | NautilusPeople could then feel sensations with a device or perhaps with ultrasonic waves.
Capturing the sense of touch could upgrade prosthetics and our digital lives | Kathiann Kowalski | April 22, 2021 | Science NewsBat-recording instruments, however, revealed a great roaring ultrasonic bat songs.
A face mask may turn up a male wrinkle-faced bat’s sex appeal | Susan Milius | November 24, 2020 | Science NewsThe technology uses a 3D sensing module and locates and tracks the ear position sending audio via ultrasonic waves to create sound pockets by the user’s ears.
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The Guide aimed quickly and pressed the trigger of the ultrasonic stunner.
Hunter Patrol | Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuireIt carried an outsize ultrasonic generator and a device for directing the beam into the planet.
Student Body | Floyd L. WallaceMost of them carried ultrasonic paralyzers, eighteen-inch batonlike things with bulbous ends.
Temple Trouble | Henry Beam PiperImmediately, the ultrasonic paralyzers of the advancing paratimers went into action, and the mercenaries began dropping.
Temple Trouble | Henry Beam PiperHas an ultrasonic dishwasher underneath, and it does some cooking on top, at the back.
Space Viking | Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for ultrasonic
/ (ˌʌltrəˈsɒnɪk) /
of, concerned with, or producing waves with the same nature as sound waves but frequencies above audio frequencies: See also ultrasound
Derived forms of ultrasonic
- ultrasonically, adverb
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