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

Other Words From

• high-fi·deli·ty adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of high fidelity¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The machine uses laser pulses to make the atoms interact, exciting them to an energy state—a “Rydberg state,” described in 1888 by the Swedish physicist Johannes Rydberg—at which they can do quantum logic in a robust way with high fidelity.

From MIT Technology Review

First- party data is permissioned, of an incredibly high fidelity as it’s straight from the consumer, and therefore much more impactful in measuring business drivers and impact than third party data.

From Digiday

This mini projector produces up to a 100-inch picture and 360-degree high fidelity sound.

From Popular-Science

While this still trails the offerings of companies that are using superconducting qubits, the high fidelity of the trapped ions makes them far less prone to errors and far easier to link into complex configurations.

From Ars Technica

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.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg