ultrapowerful
adjective
ul·tra·pow·er·ful
ˌəl-trə-ˈpau̇(-ə)r-fəl 
: extremely or extraordinarily powerful
the media's ultrapowerful influences
an ultrapowerful sound system
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Existing superconductors require expensive and bulky chilling systems to conduct electricity frictionlessly, but room temperature materials could lead to hyperefficient electricity grids and computer chips, as well as the ultrapowerful magnets needed for levitating trains and fusion power.
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Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 8 Mar. 2023
Current measurements don't suggest that the galaxy has any stars older than two billion or three billion years, but Anand notes that follow-up observations, perhaps with the ultrapowerful James Webb Space Telescope, would allow the researchers to search for fainter stars as old as 13 billion years.
—Allison Gasparini, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
No matter the location, most deaths involve some form of fentanyl, the ultrapowerful synthetic opioid that is mixed in street drugs of all varieties and often, but not always, ingested unknowingly by drug users.
—Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2022
Being able to do so with atomic precision could allow, among other things, creating the kind of structures required for the next generation of ultrapowerful quantum computers which governments and tech companies alike are trying to build.
—Christopher Mims, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2022
While that remains a fantasy, scientists have successfully created micro-scale time crystals for years — not for powering intergalactic spaceships, but for energizing ultrapowerful computers.
—Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 8 Mar. 2023
Current measurements don't suggest that the galaxy has any stars older than two billion or three billion years, but Anand notes that follow-up observations, perhaps with the ultrapowerful James Webb Space Telescope, would allow the researchers to search for fainter stars as old as 13 billion years.
—Allison Gasparini, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
No matter the location, most deaths involve some form of fentanyl, the ultrapowerful synthetic opioid that is mixed in street drugs of all varieties and often, but not always, ingested unknowingly by drug users.
—Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2022
Being able to do so with atomic precision could allow, among other things, creating the kind of structures required for the next generation of ultrapowerful quantum computers which governments and tech companies alike are trying to build.
—Christopher Mims, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2022
While that remains a fantasy, scientists have successfully created micro-scale time crystals for years — not for powering intergalactic spaceships, but for energizing ultrapowerful computers.
—Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
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“Ultrapowerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ultrapowerful. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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