ultrasonicul‧tra‧son‧ic /ˌʌltrəˈsɒnɪk◂ $ -ˈsɑː-/ adjective 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- A handset would contain an ultrasonic transmitter and the television fitted with a matching receiver.
- All 605s are fitted with a three-way catalytic converter, anti-lock braking system and an ultrasonic alarm as standard.
- Another use is to produce pictures of an unborn baby by reflecting ultrasonic waves off its body.
- Cats, too, are sensitive to ultrasonic frequencies and can hear mice and voles in hidden places.
- Dolphins emit rapid trains of high-pitched clicks, some audible to us, some ultrasonic.
- In autumn 1978, ultrasonic pulsing at two-second intervals was recorded at dawn at the King Stone.
- Parisi developed the first ultrasonic toothbrush for Cavitron Ultrasonics in New York in 1967.
- Similarly, how does a moth perceive the ultrasonic acoustic radar signals of a bat?
WORD SETS► Physics
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