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Definition 2024

ultrasound

ultrasound

English

Noun

ultrasound ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ultrasounds)

(physics) Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.
(medicine) The use of ultrasonic waves for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

Translations

sound

Arabic: اَلْمَوْجَات فَوْقَ الصَّوْتِيَّة f pl ‎(al-mawjāt fawqa ṣ-ṣawtiyya)
Basque: ultrasoinu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 超聲波 (zh), 超声波 (zh) ‎(chāoshēngbō), 超音波 (zh) ‎(chāoyīnbō)
Czech: ultrazvuk (cs) m
Danish: ultralyd (da) c
Esperanto: ultrasono
Finnish: ultraääni (fi)
French: ultrason (fr) m
Galician: ultrasón m
German: Ultraschall (de) m
Greek: υπέρηχος (el) m ‎(ypérichos)
Hebrew: אולטרה סאונד
Hindi: अल्ट्रासाउंड ‎(alṭrāsā'uṇḍ)
Hungarian: ultrahang (hu)

Japanese: 超音波 (ja) ‎(ちょうおんぱ, chōonpa)
Korean: 초음파 (ko) ‎(cho-eumpa) (超音波 (ko))
Malay: ultrabunyi
Norwegian: ultralyd (no) n
Nynorsk: ultraljod n
Polish: ultradźwięk m
Portuguese: ultrassom (pt) m
Russian: ультразву́к (ru) m ‎(ulʹtrazvúk)
Spanish: ultrasonido (es) m
Swedish: ultraljud (sv) n
Tagalog: lakdawnugan
Thai: อัลตราซาวนด์ ‎(andtrâasaawohn)
Turkish: ultrason (tr), yansılanım (tr)

use of ultrasound

Finnish: ultraäänihoito (therapy); ultraäänitutkimus, ultraäänikuvaus (diagnosis), ultraääni (fi)

Related terms

ultrasonic, ultrasonics

Antonyms

(physics): infrasound

Anagrams

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