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ultrahot en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- Proto-Indo-European *keHy- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *kéHidʰeti Proto-Indo-European *kéHidos Proto-Germanic *haitaz Proto-West Germanic *hait Old English hāt Middle English hot English hot English ultrahot From ultra- + hot.

Meanings

1. Extremely or exceedingly hot; of utmost hotness.
   • The magnetic field drives virtually everything on the sun. Our star has an overall main magnetic field, with opposite north and south magnetic poles like the Earth's. Geophysicists believe that the Earth's field is formed by the dynamolike motion of molten iron in the outer part of our planet's ultrahot core. Similarly, the sun's overarching field seems to be produced by internal motion of plasma. 2004, National Geographic Society, National Geographic, National Geographic Society, page 19:
   • In this configuration a single line of magnetic force, if followed indefinitely on successive turns around the torus and successive twists around the magnetic axis, will trace out an entire surface, called a “magnetic surface.” Lines of force near the magnetic axis will produce magnetic surfaces which are nested inside the surfaces produced by the lines of force farther out. This family of nested magnetic surfaces constitutes the magnetic bottle proposed for confining an ultrahot gas in a stellarator. 1963, American Association of Physics Teachers, Plasma Physics: Selected Reprints, American Institute of Physics for the American Association of Physics, page 87:
   • The magnetic forces are thought to be the key to these stars' several peculiarities. Presumably these stars were formed from matter having the normal cosmic proportions of the elements. However, strong magnetic forces in their atmospheres have accelerated hydrogen nuclei to very high speeds, thereby creating ultrahot areas possibly like outsize solar flares. 1962, Wasley Sven Krogdahl, The Astronomical Universe, Macmillan, page 390:

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ultra-hot jupiter