ultrasonic cleaning

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the use of ultrasound to vibrate a piece to be cleaned while the piece is immersed in a cleaning fluid. The process produces a very high degree of cleanliness, and is used for jewellery and ornately shaped items

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Words nearby ultrasonic cleaning

ultrared, ultraright, ultrarightist, ultrashort, ultrasonic, ultrasonic cleaning, ultrasonics, ultrasonic testing, ultrasonic welding, ultrasonography, ultrasound

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How to use ultrasonic cleaning in a sentence

One day he and some of his roommates were cleaning their room and one of the guys threw the dustpan out into the hall.
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Nothing much to use in cleaning up the baby and his mother after the birth, no place to dispose of the placenta.
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It also means not having to stress about cleaning out your DVR.
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We coo over how cute our cat is and minimize the drudgery of cleaning the litter box.
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After cleaning up the copious amount of blood on my body in a bathroom, I found my clothing and got dressed.
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They ranged from moving trunks to cleaning cisterns, and, by grace of all of them, Sim was doing very well.
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They require frequent cleaning with a long wire and a bit of tow, and in some large towns there are professional pipe-cleaners.
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While his mother was cleaning the fish, Alila made a fire and cut the bamboos at every joint.
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I finished cleaning out my desk and took a wastebasket full of papers to the back shop.
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You save all the dreadful labor of cleaning up the house the next day, as well as that of preparation.
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