high fidelity
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.
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Examples
1 sentencesThe 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
(uncountable)A high-quality reproduction of sound.
the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion
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 synonyms- the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion:hi-fi
Antonyms
6 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.