ultrasonic

[ uhl-truh-son-ik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.

ultrasonic

/ ˌʌltrəˈsɒnɪk /

adjective

1. of, concerned with, or producing waves with the same nature as sound waves but frequencies above audio frequencies See also ultrasound

Derived Forms

• ˌultraˈsonically, adverb

Other Words From

• ultra·soni·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of ultrasonic¹

First recorded in 1925–30; ultra- + sonic

Example Sentences

The big players are lidar, cameras, ultrasonic sensors, and radar.

From Singularity Hub 

Exactly how this works remains unclear, but it likely results from the physical “shaking” of neurons by ultrasonic sound waves.

From Nautilus

People could then feel sensations with a device or perhaps with ultrasonic waves.

From Science News

Bat-recording instruments, however, revealed a great roaring ultrasonic bat songs.

From Science News

The 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.

From Singularity Hub 

The Guide aimed quickly and pressed the trigger of the ultrasonic stunner.

From Project Gutenberg

It carried an outsize ultrasonic generator and a device for directing the beam into the planet.

From Project Gutenberg

Most of them carried ultrasonic paralyzers, eighteen-inch batonlike things with bulbous ends.

From Project Gutenberg

Immediately, the ultrasonic paralyzers of the advancing paratimers went into action, and the mercenaries began dropping.

From Project Gutenberg

Has an ultrasonic dishwasher underneath, and it does some cooking on top, at the back.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• accelerated
• brisk
• expeditious
• hasty
• hurried
• immediate
• prompt
• rapid
• swift