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. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
