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 best camera phones offer a primary wide camera, an ultrawide, and a telephoto zoom (usually at 5X zoom). Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025 The OnePlus 13 comes with a triple-lens rear camera system: a fifty-megapixel main camera lens, a fifty-megapixel ultrawide lens and a fifty-megapixel telephoto lens that offers x3 magnification through a periscope lens. Ewan Spence, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 These include support for native 8K and ultrawide resolutions, 120fps output, and upscaling/frame-generation technologies like DLSS, XeSS, and FSR. Rise of the Ronin was originally released on March 22, 2024, to generally positive reviews. Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025 As for the cameras, the biggest improvements are coming to the ultrawide sensor. Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 9 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ultrawide 

Word History

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 22 Feb. 2025.

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