Definitions
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- noun physics
sound with afrequency greater than approximately 100megahertz
Etymologies
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hyper- + sound
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Examples
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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
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HP hybrid hydro hyperion power generation hyperlenses hypersonic hypersound
Next Big Future 2009
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