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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.


Other Word Forms

  • higher-performance adjective
  • highest-performance adjective
  • super-high-performance adjective
  • ultra-high-performance adjective

Example Sentences

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“Enterprise clients are demanding dedicated, compliant, high-performance AI infrastructure—and this partnership gives us the scale, the hardware, software, and the financing structure to deliver,” Boost Run CEO Andrew Karos said in the press release.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

This concept could help improve the production of semiconductors, solar panels, batteries and other high-performance technologies.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Already, disruptions in Qatar have cut off about a third of the world’s supply of helium, a byproduct of natural-gas production used as a coolant in the production of high-performance chips.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Its high-performance division, making chips for AI and 5G applications, now constitute almost two-thirds of its overall revenue.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 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