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Ultraviolet vs Ultrasound - What's the difference?

ultraviolet | ultrasound |

As nouns the difference between ultraviolet and ultrasound

is that ultraviolet is ultraviolet colour while ultrasound is sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing; approximately 20 kilohertz.

As an adjective ultraviolet

is of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre.

ultraviolet

English

(wikipedia ultraviolet)

Adjective

  • of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre

    • See also

    * ultraviolet radiation

    Noun

  • Ultraviolet colour.

    • 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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