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Ultrasound vs Sonication - What's the difference?

ultrasound | sonication |

As nouns the difference between ultrasound and sonication

is that ultrasound is sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing; approximately 20 kilohertz while sonication is the process of disrupting or homogenizing something, usually a chemical solution or biological medium, with sound waves.

ultrasound

English

Noun

(wikipedia ultrasound)
  • (physics) sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing; approximately 20 kilohertz
  • (medicine) The use of ultrasonic waves for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

    • Related terms

    * ultrasonic, ultrasonics

    Antonyms

    * (physics) infrasound

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    sonication

    English

    (wikipedia sonication)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of disrupting or homogenizing something, usually a chemical solution or biological medium, with sound waves.

    • Related terms

    * sonicate