I was referring to the meaning of the prefixes. I agree that supersonic usually means above the speed of sound.
John On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:57:54 +0100, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04/09/06, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Etymologically, "super" means "above", and "ultra" means "beyond". So >> supersonic means above human hearing, ie: pitched too high, whilst >> ultrasonic could be either too low or too high. > > Even though you are correct when I read or hear the term supersonic I > tend to relate it to velocity given that it's most usually used in > that context. > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
