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  high-tech

  noun

  high technology.
• high tech
  high tech

  noun

  a variant spelling of hi tech

high-tech

American  

[hahy-tek] / ˈhaɪˈtɛk /

Informal, hi-tech

noun

1. high technology.

2. 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.

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adjective

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

high tech British  

noun

1. a variant spelling of hi tech

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high-tech ¹ Cultural  

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

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high-tech ² Cultural  

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

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Etymology

Origin of high-tech

First recorded in 1970–75; by shortening

Example Sentences

Small amounts end up in myriad high-tech products from iPhones to fighter jets.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

This is the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, a high-tech facility designed to treat patients infected with highly lethal viruses or bacteria without transmitting them to hospital staff or the public.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The Lakers are working in consultation with the Dodgers for the high-tech improvements.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Analysts on both sides describe the conflict as South Asia's first truly networked, drone-heavy, high-tech clash.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The system must have seemed like high-tech wizardry to some recruits.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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