high-tech
Americannoun
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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
noun
Etymology
Origin of high-tech
First recorded in 1970–75; by shortening
Example Sentences
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This document will give the world a better idea of Beijing's longer-term economic goals, especially when it comes to the high-tech and renewable energy sectors, and its plans to boost sluggish domestic consumption.
From BBC
It seems remarkable that, in an era of high-tech production lines, this town has been able to maintain a stranglehold on the lantern market, using production techniques from another era.
From BBC
Duan has created a digital double for healthcare app AQ, which now boasts more than 100 million users in a display of how high-tech parts of China's medical sector have become.
From Barron's
Those intercepts are a success -- they prevented the missiles from striking their targets -- but they also come at the cost of pricey, high-tech interceptors that are in short supply.
From Barron's
Thankfully, we now had more high-tech ways of keeping the proper timeline documented so that a Butterfly couldn’t change things without our knowledge.
From Literature
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