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high-speed
[ hahy-speed ]
adjective
- designed to operate or operating at a high speed:
a high-speed drill.
- Photography. suitable for minimum light exposure:
high-speed film; a high-speed lens.
high-speed
adjective
- employing or requiring a very short exposure time
high-speed film
- recording or making exposures at a rate usually exceeding 50 and up to several million frames per second
- working, moving, or operating at a high speed
Word History and Origins
Origin of high-speed1
Example Sentences
Four Colombian men were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary in May 2024 after a high-speed pursuit.
They mention how Jack Nicholson’s erratic high-speed driving — on the wrong side of the road down Manchester Boulevard — inspired their song “Basketball Jones.”
On high-speed roads, medians are supposed to gently separate traffic moving in the opposite direction.
He cites the example of Beijing Jingdiao, now a leading manufacturer of high-speed precision machinery, which is used to make advanced components efficiently.
A man was fatally shot by Anaheim police Wednesday night following a dramatic, high-speed pursuit that ended when he crashed his truck on a bridge over the Santa Ana River, authorities said.
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