high-speed

[ hahy-speed ]

/ ˈhaɪˈspid /

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adjective

designed to operate or operating at a high speed: a high-speed drill.

Photography. suitable for minimum light exposure: high-speed film; a high-speed lens.

Nearby words

high-rise, high-riser, high-risk, high-rolling, high-sounding, high-speed, high-speed downlink packet access, high-speed steel, high-spirited, high-step, high-stepper

Origin of high-speed

First recorded in 1870–75

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Examples from the Web for high-speed

The cops suspended the high-speed pursuit lest some innocent be killed.
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This was before France had its network of high-speed trains.
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Thankfully, I have a high-speed Internet connection, so my doom window was but fleeting.
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An expansion of high-speed Internet access, to improve social-media infrastructure and provide thousands of new (celebrity) jobs.
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Last year, I also pledged to connect 99 percent of our students to high-speed broadband over the next four years.
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Survival chances were dim anytime something went wrong on the high-speed thruways.
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If a high-speed buffered data channel is used, block transfer may occur at memory cycle speeds.
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The new workman placed at a high-speed machine is ready to fall from weariness at the end of his first day.
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"She would that," answered Jane laughingly, starting the car and a moment later throwing in the high-speed clutch.
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Well, I'd never thought of myself as a high-speed job, winning all the races—I wouldn't feel comfortable that way.
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British Dictionary definitions for high-speed

high-speed

adjective photog

employing or requiring a very short exposure timehigh-speed film

recording or making exposures at a rate usually exceeding 50 and up to several million frames per second

working, moving, or operating at a high speed

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high-speed

adjective

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high-speed

adjective photog