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ultrasound

sound waves with frequencies above the human hearing range
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ultrasound

Summary

ultrasound ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (799 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ultrasound is a type of acoustic wave[2].
  • ultrasound is a type of medical service[3].
  • ultrasound is a type of visualization[4].
  • ultrasound's Commons category is recorded as Ultrasound[5].
  • ultrasound is the opposite of infrasound[6].
  • ultrasound's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ultrasound[7].
  • ultrasound's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include acoustic wave[2], medical service[3], and visualization[4]. ultrasound is the opposite of infrasound[6].

Why It Matters

ultrasound ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (799 views/month).[1] ultrasound has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] ultrasound is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ultrasound. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ultrasound
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ultrasound_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ultrasound}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ultrasound}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 17d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4698522
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → acoustic wave, medical service, visualization
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12085, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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