Definitions

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  • noun physics sound with a frequency greater than approximately 100 megahertz

Etymologies

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hyper- +‎ sound

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Examples

  • In fact -- to pursue the metaphor -- it's most likely that Nature can't, given the materials at its disposal, engineer a creature that preserves other essential features of the whale while making the creature immune to hypersound.

    unknown title 2009

  • HP hybrid hydro hyperion power generation hyperlenses hypersonic hypersound

    Next Big Future 2009

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