ultrahigh
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4.8
- adjective
- /ˌʌltrəˈhaɪ/
- Specialized
:
ultr alto
- The recycler's primary problem has been maintaining the requisite ultrahigh vacuum for the hours-long storage of antiprotons throughout its 3-km circumference.
- ultrahigh vacuum
- ultrahigh pressure
- ultrahigh-energy
Examples
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Figure 2 shows the compression of water based on data on water compression at ultrahigh pressure from Bridgman 2.
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Surface/Interface provides innovative product solutions to meet the needs of ultrahigh vacuum, semiconductor manufacturing, and surface analysis customers.
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Manufacturers of ultrahigh-performance vehicles are concerned about weight and handling.
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Jupiter, for example, is about 90% hydrogen, most of which is at ultrahigh pressures in a fluid metallic state.
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The sample space can be baked to achieve a true ultrahigh-vacuum environment.
Academic text (1998) -
Starting in the mid-1950s, researchers in increasing numbers began to study semiconductor surfaces under extremely clean, ultrahigh-vacuum conditions.
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Stocks thousands of off-the-shelf components and provides the widest product range of high and ultrahigh vacuum components in the industry.
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A second experiment, also at Livermore, accessed still higher temperatures using ultrahigh-powered lasers to send a shock wave through the sample.
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In 1985, he built one of the first ultrahigh-vacuum atomic-resolution scanning tunneling microscopes in the US.
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The engineers are developing an ultrahigh-speed train that will revolutionize mass transit.
Synonyms
877
3.6
Very far away in place or in degree
31
6.2
Much higher than normal in amount or level
14
4.5
Very high in amount, for example prices or bills
8
4.6
Of the highest quality
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3.6
The greatest effort someone can make
1
4.9
Much higher than normal in amount or level
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.6
Radio waves between 300 and 3000 megahertz used for TV, mobile phones, and radar
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ultrahigh combines the prefix ultra- meaning 'beyond' or 'extremely' and the word high, so it means 'beyond high' — in other words very or extremely high in level, value, or degree.