ultrasensitive
adjective
ul·tra·sen·si·tive
ˌəl-trə-ˈsen(t)-sə-tiv 
-ˈsen(t)s-təv
: extremely or extraordinarily sensitive
ultrasensitive to criticism
ultrasensitive sensors
ultrasensitive skin
ultrasensitive government documents
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The upshot of this cold atom trap is to create ultrasensitive quantum conditions among the whole aggregation of atoms, which is then a big enough cloud of matter to be able to be manipulated with standard laboratory equipment.
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IEEE Spectrum, 3 June 2024
Scientists tested delicate Bose-Einstein condensates in their instruments, which could one day undergird ultrasensitive accelerometers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 June 2024
Even ultrasensitive microphones, if properly calibrated, aimed exactly right and set to maximum sensitivity in a silent space, can just barely pick up sounds from a flying owl ... sometimes.
—Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
In advance of their conference presentation, Cromhout and her colleagues did not, however, conduct any ultrasensitive tests to search for the residual presence of HIV in the children’s bodies.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 19 July 2023
There were visible-light cameras, ultrasensitive microphones, spectrum analyzers and other sensors, including a Geiger counter, all of it connected to the cloud, where machine-learning algorithms would scan the data for anything unusual.
—Seth Fletcher, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Robbery Attempt Surprisingly, a mere tap on the exhaust system activates the ultrasensitive SparkWhiz, setting off its shrill alarm.
—Katherine Keeler, Car and Driver, 30 July 2023
Its work is ultrasensitive, global in reach, and purportedly available only to US military and government officials with top-secret clearance.
—Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
The scientists used the ultrasensitive Borexino detector at the INFN’s Gran Sasso particle physics laboratory in central Italy – the largest underground research center in the world, deep beneath the Apennine Mountains, about 65 miles northeast of Rome.
—NBC News, 25 Nov. 2020
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IEEE Spectrum, 3 June 2024
Scientists tested delicate Bose-Einstein condensates in their instruments, which could one day undergird ultrasensitive accelerometers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 June 2024
Even ultrasensitive microphones, if properly calibrated, aimed exactly right and set to maximum sensitivity in a silent space, can just barely pick up sounds from a flying owl ... sometimes.
—Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
In advance of their conference presentation, Cromhout and her colleagues did not, however, conduct any ultrasensitive tests to search for the residual presence of HIV in the children’s bodies.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 19 July 2023
There were visible-light cameras, ultrasensitive microphones, spectrum analyzers and other sensors, including a Geiger counter, all of it connected to the cloud, where machine-learning algorithms would scan the data for anything unusual.
—Seth Fletcher, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Robbery Attempt Surprisingly, a mere tap on the exhaust system activates the ultrasensitive SparkWhiz, setting off its shrill alarm.
—Katherine Keeler, Car and Driver, 30 July 2023
Its work is ultrasensitive, global in reach, and purportedly available only to US military and government officials with top-secret clearance.
—Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
The scientists used the ultrasensitive Borexino detector at the INFN’s Gran Sasso particle physics laboratory in central Italy – the largest underground research center in the world, deep beneath the Apennine Mountains, about 65 miles northeast of Rome.
—NBC News, 25 Nov. 2020
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“Ultrasensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ultrasensitive. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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