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ultraswift en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈʌltɹəswɪft/

Etymology

Etymology tree English ultra- Proto-Indo-European *ksweybʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *kswéybʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *swībaną Old English swīfan Old English swift Middle English swift English swift English ultraswift From ultra- + swift.

Meanings

1. (rare) Extraordinarily swift; of utmost swiftness.
   • Carl Vertieden and Peter Breucken had no time to cryout. As they were about to run over to the scene of the accident, the ultraswift vehicles of Arkon 3's robot police were already racing to it and had soon sealed off the area. 1976, Kurt Brand, Power's Price, Ace, →ISBN, page 10:
   • Ultraswift high-flying aircraft, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and manned spacecraft, entering the atmosphere share several types of control problems which NASA is continuing to investigate. 1961, United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Semiannual Report to the Congress, Volume, The Administration, page 103:
   • Kinesthetic warfare is not alone ultraswift motion and impact, it is also perception. 1965, Professional Journal of the United States Army, Command and General Staff School, pages 13–14:

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