ultra-, ult-
(Latin: beyond, on the other side; excessive, to an extreme degree)
Said to be the motto of the Canadian Space Agency.
2. The study of the interaction of sound at frequencies above about 20 000 hertz with living systems.
The limit, perfection, highest point, or peak of achievement or excellence; the pinnacle, the ultimate. The most profound degree of a quality or condition.
Although the literal sense of the phrase makes it possible to be used as a term expressing prohibition, in the sense of "no further may you go", its primary use indicates the supremacy of a product, a literary work, a system, etc.
Motto of Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, USA.
Based on a German source, Hercules is said to have settled in Cadiz, Spain, where he erected columns as a monument with the inscription: "These are the limit stones of Hercules" with the idea that this was the edge of the world.
Many Germans believe the phrase refers to something that is "the best", "the utmost", or "nothing better".
Noun forms:
1. An act of extreme violence or viciousness.2. An act grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste.
3. A deplorable insult.
4. Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act.
Verb forms:
5. To offend grossly against (standards of decency or morality).6. To commit an outrage on someone.
7. To produce anger or resentment in: "The worker's incompetence outraged him."
8. Etymology: "violent behavior, excess, extravagance" from Old French outrage (12th century), earlier oltrage (11 century), from Vulgar Latin ultraticum, "excess"; from Latin ultra, "beyond".
Etymologically, "the passing beyond reasonable bounds" in any sense. The meaning was narrowed in English toward "violent excesses" because of folk etymology from "out" + "rage".
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-.
