ultra-, ult-
(Latin: beyond, on the other side; excessive, to an extreme degree)
ultimus regum
The last of the kings. A reference to the seventh and last king of Rome, Tarquin the Proud, exiled 510 B.C.
ultimus Romanorum
The last of the Romans, a title given to a number of historical personages and literary men, e.g., Brutus (Marcus Junius Brutus, the famed Roman senator and leader in the assassination of Julius Caesar), Julius Caesar, Stilicho, William Congreve, Horace Walpole, and Dr. Samuel Johnson. This title, whether in Latin or in English, has fallen into disuse.
ultraconservative
ultrademocratic
ultradespostic
ultrafashionable
ultrafastidious
ultrafiche
ultrafiltration
ultrahigh
Ultra-high Frequency (UHF)
From 300 MHz to 3 Ghz. Typically, RFID tags that operate between 866 MHz to 960 MHz.
They can send information faster and farther than high-frequency and low-frequency tags, but radio waves don’t pass through items with high water content; such as, fruit, at these frequencies.
UHF tags are also more expensive than low-frequency tags, and they use more power.
ultraism
ultraist
ultraliberal
ultra mare
Beyond the sea.
Related "above, over, beyond the normal, excessive" word units:
epi-;
hyper-;
super-, supra-.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing":
copi-;
exuber-;
hyper-;
multi-;
opulen-;
ple-;
pleio-;
plethor-;
poly-;
super-;
total-;
undu-.
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