high fidelity
хай-фай
The electronic reproduction of a given sound or image with relatively high accuracyThe electronic reproduction of a given sound or image with relatively high accuracy.
» The composer's phenomenal music is best listened with high-fidelity headphones.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The electronic reproduction of a given sound or image with relatively high accuracy.
хай-фа́йxaj-fáj
the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion
(uncountable)A high-quality reproduction of sound.
Examples
1 sentencesThe composer's phenomenal music is best listened with high-fidelity headphones.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
electronic system:
Origin
From the idea of strong lifelikeness, being very much true to life, a faithful reproductioFrom the idea of strong lifelikeness, being very much true to life, a faithful reproduction of the original sounds that were recorded, with very little loss of information.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion:hi-fi
Antonyms
6 antonymslow fidelitylo-fiLoFino fidelityno-fiNoFi
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedhi-fi
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable