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ultrashort

ultrashort adjective: very short.

Adjective

ultrashort (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Very short.
    • ultrashort skirts
    Synonyms:
    megashort
  2. Extremely short in duration, typically on the femtosecond scale
    • an ultrashort pulse
  3. Having a wavelength of between 1 and 10 metres
  4. Having a very short term of investment, typically less than a year
    • an ultrashort bond

Noun

ultrashort (plural ultrashorts)

  1. A bond with an extremely short term, typically less than a year
    • Ultrashorts were a way for the fund industry to appeal to bank customers, by offering an investment whose price did not vary much but whose yield was higher than that on certificates of deposit.1995 February 19, Carole Gould, “Mutual Funds: Ultrashort but Long on Choices”, in The New York Times

Synonyms of ultrashort

Forms of ultrashort

pluralultrashorts

Origin of ultrashort

From ultra- + short.

Questions about ultrashort

What does ultrashort mean?
Ultrashort means very short.
What part of speech is ultrashort?
Ultrashort can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ultrashort in the dictionary

  1. ultraserious
  2. ultrasevere
  3. ultrasexist
  4. ultrasharp
  5. ultrasheer
  6. ultrashort
  7. ultrashorts
  8. ultrashortwave
  9. ultrashrewd
  10. ultrasilent
  11. ultrasimple

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