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  • adjective Extremely or exceedingly small

Etymologies

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ultra- +‎ small

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Examples

  • A technology based on carbon nanotubes, materials that can be fabricated in ultrasmall dimensions.

    Memory-Chip Alternative Is Unveiled 2009

  • At Mercedes-Benz Cars, a unit that includes the ultrasmall Smart and high-end Maybach brands as well as Mercedes, revenue rose to €52.43 billion in 2007 from €51.4 billion in 2006.

    Daimler Scores Profit on Its Own Edward Taylor 2008

  • Via has had some success in a small niche of ultrasmall portable computers that demand extremely low power consumption, using a chip called C7.

    Via Shifts Focus to Microprocessors 2008

  • And Intel is targeting Via's current stronghold in ultrasmall portables with a chip called Atom.

    Via Shifts Focus to Microprocessors 2008

  • But next year it plans to begin using an ultrasmall microprocessor called Atom, which is initially being marketed for low-end laptops and pocket-sized Internet devices.

    Intel Brings Out 2008

  • Now, an Intel team in Austin, Texas, has exploited the company's most advanced technology to design an ultrasmall chip -- dubbed Atom -- that comes in a version for netbooks.

    PC Makers Race to Market 2008

  • But the study concluded that there is such an overwhelming concentration of those ultrasmall particles that many are being missed by standard microscopy techniques.

    Is Ground Zero Safe? 2007

  • My research depended on the sophisticated technology of the electron microscope to illuminate the ultrasmall world inside of cells.

    Cell-Level Healing Joyce Whiteley Hawkes 2006

  • Like the spaces between stars, which contain huge amounts of energy, the ultrasmall nano-spaces inside of the atoms team with energy to constantly manifest new creation.

    Cell-Level Healing Joyce Whiteley Hawkes 2006

  • They load the DNA fragments to be sequenced onto ultrasmall beads and visualize the sequence of each fragment through reactions that cause the beads to light up.

    New Cheaper Method to Sequence DNA | Impact Lab 2005

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