high-density

American  

[hahy-den-si-tee] / ˈhaɪˈdɛn sɪ ti /

adjective

1. having a high concentration.

   entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.

2. Computers. (of a disk) having a large capacity for data storage.

   high-density DVDs.

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high-density British  

adjective

1. computing (of a floppy disk) having a relatively high storage capacity, usually of 1.44 megabytes

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Etymology

Origin of high-density

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

The 39-year-old developer pioneered the playbook for forcing high-density “builder’s remedy” projects in Santa Monica and other affluent cities.

From Los Angeles Times

By developing a new high-density operating approach for EAST, the team showed that plasma density can be pushed well past long-standing empirical limits without triggering the disruptive instabilities that usually end experiments.

From Science Daily

Together, these findings strongly support the potential of RuO2 thin films for next-generation high-speed, high-density magnetic memory devices.

From Science Daily

The amount of copper wiring on printed circuit boards is surging in areas such as graphics processing units, and demand for high-density substrates is expanding.

From The Wall Street Journal

Explaining how the cap works, Dr Faure says: "The light sensors monitor changes in oxygen around the surface of the brain - a technique known as high-density diffuse optical tomography - and the functional ultrasound allows us to image the small blood vessels deep in the brain."

From BBC