ultrashort
English
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editultrashort (not comparable)
- Very short.
- ultrashort skirts
- (sciences) Extremely short in duration, typically on the femtosecond scale
- an ultrashort pulse
- (physics, of a wave) Having a wavelength of between 1 and 10 metres
- (finance) Having a very short term of investment, typically less than a year
- an ultrashort bond
Synonyms
edit- (very short): megashort
Related terms
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editvery short
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science: extremely short in duration
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physics: having a wavelength between 1 and 10 metres
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See also
edit- Ultrashort pulse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
editultrashort (plural ultrashorts)
- (finance) A bond with an extremely short term, typically less than a year
- 1995 February 19, Carole Gould, “Mutual Funds: Ultrashort but Long on Choices”, in The New York Times[1]:
- 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.