Meaning of supersound | Babel Free

Definitions

ultrasonic sound

Examples

“The most promising industrial application of supersounds lies in what the scientist calls colloid chemistry[…] In the laboratory, supersounds speed⟳ up chemical reactions, mix⟳ substances that in the past would not join⟳ together[…]”

“Bats use⟳ supersounds as a substitute for eyes. When a maze of silk threads was strung across a room, bats negotiated the maze at high speed⟳ without touching a thread.”

“If an unexposed photographic plate is submerged in distilled water, subjected to the action of supersound and then developed, the plate will be found to have⟳ darkened as if it had been exposed.”

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