ultrawide

adjective

ul·​tra·​wide ˌəl-trə-ˈwīd How to pronounce ultrawide (audio)
variants or ultra-wide
: extremely or extraordinarily wide
… touted the glamour of ultrawide neckwear in a 1970 magazine advertisement.Ruth La Ferla
an ultrawide camera lens
If you're a single, one-window-maximized kind of person, ultrawide displays can be a huge waste of space …Alan Henry

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The Razr also has a 13MP ultrawide camera at f/2.2 that can also shoot macro images. PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025 The ultrawide camera on the Pixel 9 is significantly sharper and more useful for landscape or group shots. Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 Its contrast is practically limitless, and its viewing angles are ultrawide. PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024 Main camera, bright indoor light The 13 MP ultrawide camera is great for landscape outdoor shots, showing only mild distortion at the edges of the frame despite an impressive 120-degree field-of-view. ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ultrawide

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First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ultrawide was in 1858

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“Ultrawide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ultrawide. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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