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high-performance

American  
[hahy-per-fawrm-uhns] / ˈhaɪ pərˈfɔrm əns /

adjective

  1. (of a motor, device, machine, etc.) designed to function at a high level of speed, accuracy, durability, etc.


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But successful designs have become more seriously contemplated only in recent years as electric motors and high-performance batteries have advanced.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The new clock is not yet as precise as the world's leading optical atomic clocks, which remain the benchmark for high-performance timekeeping.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

That could in turn improve its Instinct graphics processing units and ROCm software, which allows developers to use its hardware for AI and high-performance computing tasks, he added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

British Columbia-based D-Wave said it will use the new money to advance microelectronics research and development around prototyping of advanced semiconductor technology for quantum technology and scalable high-performance quantum hardware.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Tamara didn’t often fly along when the 586th was given assignments, either because of her leg injury or because she wasn’t familiar with the high-performance Yak-1 fighter aircraft.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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