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ultraperipheral

ultraperipheral adjective: on the extreme periphery.

Adjective

ultraperipheral (comparative more ultraperipheral, superlative most ultraperipheral)

  1. On the extreme periphery
  2. Describing particle collisions in which no hadronic interactions occur because of the large spatial separation between the projectile and target

Forms of ultraperipheral

comparativemore ultraperipheral
superlativemost ultraperipheral
alternative formultra-peripheral

Origin of ultraperipheral

From ultra- + peripheral.

Questions about ultraperipheral

What does ultraperipheral mean?
Ultraperipheral means on the extreme periphery.
What part of speech is ultraperipheral?
Ultraperipheral is an adjective.

Words near ultraperipheral in the dictionary

  1. ultrapeer
  2. ultrapeers
  3. ultrapercussive
  4. ultraperfect
  5. ultraperformance
  6. ultraperipheral
  7. ultrapermanent
  8. ultrapersonal
  9. ultrapersuasive
  10. ultraphone
  11. ultraphones

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