ultralow
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- adjective
- /ˈʌltrəloʊ/
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ultrabajo
- It also provides large-spot interfaces with ultralow reflectivity that allow it to be passively aligned when used in integrated optical subsystems.
- ultralow rates
- ultralow interest
Examples
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Nevertheless, some specialists argue that ultralow fertility rates may be but a harbinger of future—and currently unimaginable—fertility declines.
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At ultralow temperatures, the scattering length can be much larger (typically ten to a hundred times bigger) than the hard-core size of the atoms assumed in kinetic theory for room-temperature atoms.
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LatheChuck: a useful discovery for me was ultralow-self-discharge NiMH cells.
Blog text (12) -
For ultralow scattering energies, the effect of the interatomic potential is equivalent to that of a hard sphere of radius a.
Academic text (1999) -
Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator, uses an ultralow frequency coded transmitter to order our submarines to launch ballistic missiles.
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Not even the deepest reaches of space are this cold, or so shielded from magnetic fields as this chip, which is etched at a plant in Silicon Valley from a niobium alloy that becomes superconducting at ultralow temperatures.
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The instrument uses a high-performance double monochromator to achieve ultralow stray light (0.00005% or less at 340 nm) while maintaining up to a 0.1-nm resolution.
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With ultralow interest rates, many people are able to buy homes for the first time.
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Investors are taking advantage of ultralow yields on bonds to explore other opportunities.
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Consumers are benefiting from ultralow prices during the holiday sales.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not enough in amount or level
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3.3
Very small in amount or degree
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2.0
Small in amount or number, not large
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3.8
Not very strong and present in small amounts
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6.4
Lower than the normal level in amount or quality
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4.3
Very small and easy to miss
Slightly below the usual amount, level, or sound
Antonyms
How Low
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ultralow is made from the prefix ultra- and the common word low. The prefix ultra- means 'beyond' or 'extreme', as in ultraviolet, so ultralow means 'beyond low' or very, very low, which explains its use for amounts, temperatures, or emissions that are extremely small.