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English
Etymology
From ultra- + pure.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ultrapure (comparative more ultrapure, superlative most ultrapure)
- Extremely pure; of supreme purity.
1923, The American Journal of Clinical Medicine, Winnetka, Ill., page 317:To quote Doctor Taylor further: "Certainly the laboratory and the factory which have cheapened food by canning and preserving it and the well-meaning legislator who has purified it, in some cases, perhaps, to the exclusion of the vitamines, owe to the public the corrective for machine-made, ultrapure and deceptive products."
1926, Felix d' Herelle, The Bacteriophage and Its Behavior, Williams & Wilkins, page 207:We will see on the other hand that when the symbiotic association has continued for a long time it may be very difficult to obtain ultrapure colonies. In this last case it is necessary to adopt special methods of isolation.
1977, United States Congress, Congressional Record, Washington, The Congress, page 34264:The very high cost of ultrapure semiconductor silicon has been a barrier to lowering the cost of solar cells. Metallurgical-grade silicon has a purity as high as 99 percent, and it costs 10 to 20 cents per pound, roughly the same cost as steel. The semiconductor-grade silicon, used In solar cells, however, has a purity of 99.99999 percent and costs $10 to $20 a pound.
Italian
Adjective
ultrapure
- feminine plural of ultrapuro