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high fidelity

noun

, Electronics.
  1. sound reproduction over the full range of audible frequencies with very little distortion of the original signal.


high fidelity

noun

  1. Often shortened tohi-fi
    1. the reproduction of sound using electronic equipment that gives faithful reproduction with little or no distortion
    2. ( as modifier )

      a high-fidelity amplifier

“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


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Other Words From

  • high-fi·deli·ty adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of high fidelity1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

Think of the way a song seems to jump out of a car radio or a jukebox, and then add the high fidelity of a good sound system.

Then there have been the adaptations of his own books, Fever Pitch, High Fidelity, About a Boy, all suspiciously good.

All the high-fidelity speakers of the starship Procyon spoke as one, in the skillfully-modulated voice of the trained announcer.

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