Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Immoderately adhering to a belief, fashion, or course of action; extreme.
- noun An extremist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Extreme; extravagant; fanatical: as, ultra measures.
- noun One who advocates extreme views or measures; an extremist; an ultraist.
- noun A Latin preposition used as a prefix, signifying ‘beyond.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; ;
ultra measures. - noun One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Extreme ;far beyond thenorm . - noun An ultra-royalist in France.
- noun An
extremist . - noun
Code name used by Britishcodebreakers during World War 2 fordecrypted information gained from theenemy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The philosophy of history should teach us to be modest, and to keep as our motto _plus ultra versus ne plus ultra_.
Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings Robert Graham 1861
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The real beauty of that, is every time he uses the term ultra-Darwinists he erodes ultra Creationist support since in place of the word *g*o*d* he uses a term synonymous with atheist allowing the definition of NOT_DevineCreator to be the meme in his message .…its almost as if he is ashamed to mention the “g” word what kind of religion is that.…atheism?
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I like the way Witt uses the term ultra-Darwinists for debunkers of neoCreationist pseudoscience making his argument and Creationism in general even more irrational .…by design.
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The term ultra-visible virus is applied to the virus of hog-cholera.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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The doctrine designated by the term ultra vires is that which governs the courts in limiting the liability of a corporation to acts which are expressly authorized by its charter, or acts which are defined by its original articles of institution to be within the scope of its corporate operations.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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However, the term ultra low nutrient system (ULNS) is most often associated with probiotic or bacteria-driven systems due to their efficiency in reducing nitrate and phosphate levels.
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I have already mentioned twice the term ultra short-focus lens, but not the fact that this actually means the projector is capable of throwing an 80-inch image from a distance as short as 86 centimeters.
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What are the qualities that come to your mind if you see the term ultra-portable used to describe a notebook you haven't seen in person?
GigaOM Network 2008
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What are the qualities that come to your mind if you see the term ultra-portable used to describe a notebook you haven't seen in person?
jkOnTheRun 2008
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Moreover, given that Apple is known to be far more conservative than others in the industry are, this outlook obviously gives new meaning to the term ultra-conservative.
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