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high-speed

[ hahy-speed ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

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

First recorded in 1870–75

He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).

Authorities blame anarchists protesting a proposed high-speed rail line called TAV that will link Turin and Lyon, France.

The cops suspended the high-speed pursuit lest some innocent be killed.

This was before France had its network of high-speed trains.

Thankfully, I have a high-speed Internet connection, so my doom window was but fleeting.

These presented no serious hindrance to our attaining high speed, for we could tell just where to expect them.

Steam yachts having abnormally high speed are occasionally seen in a large yachting fleet.

Then they again raced their ponies at high speed in the hope of soon overtaking the Pawnees.

A further control of the high speed jet is provided by the fuel metering valve operated by the carbureter throttle.

Morey cut into a Northbound traffic level, moved into the high-speed lane, and eased in on the accelerator.

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