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high-tech

[ hahy-tek ]

noun

  1. a style of interior design using industrial, commercial, and institutional fixtures, equipment, and materials, as metal warehouse shelving, factory lamps, and exposed pipes, or incorporating other elements having the stark, utilitarian appearance characteristic of industrial design.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or suggesting high technology.

high tech

noun

  1. a variant spelling of hi tech
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

high-tech

1
  1. A descriptive term for industry heavily dependent on recent laboratory discoveries. Manufacturing computers is a typical high-tech industry.

high-tech

2
  1. Short for “high technology”; the term describes industries and firms that use or produce advanced technology, especially in electronics.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of high-tech1

First recorded in 1970–75; by shortening
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Example Sentences

The “Spectacular” has cannily evolved over the decades, and now juxtaposes high-tech features like drones and sprawling animated projections with the Rockettes, the high-kicking troupe that keeps precision showmanship alive.

Koebler explained that the movement kickstarted more than 15 years ago when a growing number of farmers struggled to repair their John Deere tractors, which had become more high-tech with new sensors and software.

From Salon

Intermediate court rulings in these cases contradict each other and raise issues that haven’t been seen before even in high-tech intellectual property law.

Neal’s Yard Dairy says it plans to use a less high-tech approach to preventing future fraud, including visiting buyers in person when big cheese orders are made, rather than relying on digital contracts and emails.

From BBC

But China, which has long been the world’s factory for low-cost goods, is trying to replicate that success with high-tech exports.

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