high-speed
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.
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How to use high-speed in a sentence
He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAuthorities blame anarchists protesting a proposed high-speed rail line called TAV that will link Turin and Lyon, France.
The cops suspended the high-speed pursuit lest some innocent be killed.
Did the Amber Lynn Coplin Murder Photos Sicken the Creeps of 4Chan? | Michael Daly | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis was before France had its network of high-speed trains.
Thankfully, I have a high-speed Internet connection, so my doom window was but fleeting.
These presented no serious hindrance to our attaining high speed, for we could tell just where to expect them.
Steam yachts having abnormally high speed are occasionally seen in a large yachting fleet.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.Then they again raced their ponies at high speed in the hope of soon overtaking the Pawnees.
Three Sioux Scouts | Elmer Russell GregorA further control of the high speed jet is provided by the fuel metering valve operated by the carbureter throttle.
Marvel Carbureter and Heat Control | AnonymousMorey cut into a Northbound traffic level, moved into the high-speed lane, and eased in on the accelerator.
Islands of Space | John W Campbell
British Dictionary definitions for high-speed
employing or requiring a very short exposure time: high-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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