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  • adjective physics Very bright

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ultra- +‎ bright

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Examples

  • The actual ultrabright LEDs in these lights used to cost several dollars wholesale, which is why they're a bit of specialty item.

    Making Light: Making light under difficult conditions 2010

  • If you keep an ultrabright LED on your keychain, and change the batteries regularly, you can have instant light even in the middle of an office block, far from any window.

    Making Light: Making light under difficult conditions 2010

  • The only one of its kind in the world, the laser makes ultrabright, ultrafast X-ray pulses from a high-energy electron beam.

    Stanford's X-Ray Laser Promises New Discoveries 2010

  • Long before the sun rises, ultrabright Venus climbs the eastern morning sky in the constellation Virgo.

    Heavenly two-fer: eclipse and solstice Blaine P. Friedlander 2010

  • She tossed that superstar hair of ours, and flashed our ultrabright baby blues.

    Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

  • The unit's 20GB hard drive is chockfull of maps, and the ultrabright 7-inch screen is split, so you can mark waypoints and navigate with the GPS on the left and simultaneously watch for fish and structure on the right. $1,499; 800-324-1356; lowrance. com

    How to Rig the Ultimate Bass Boat 2006

  • "Hell, I can go out and get a lot of ultrabright kids who will make me look good," he says.

    High School At Attention 2007

  • Give it the benefit of the doubt, and discover an ultrabright fantasy charmer crossed with a dark murder mystery and a genuinely touching love story.

    Tune In, Turn On 2007

  • At Hunter College High School in the 1970s, Ms. Kagan was a standout in a school of ultrabright girls.

    Jack & Jill Politics 2010

  • In the next generation of light sources, using free-electron lasers to produce ultrabright, ultrafast, high-repetition-rate x-rays, such potential uses of the ability to control x-rays with light would open a dazzling panorama of understanding and control over the natural world.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

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