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hi-fi

[hahy-fahy]
–noun
1. high fidelity.
2. a phonograph, radio, or other sound-reproducing apparatus possessing high fidelity.
–adjective
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of such apparatus; high-fidelity.

Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; shortened form of high fidelity

high fidelity

–noun Electronics.
sound reproduction over the full range of audible frequencies with very little distortion of the original signal.
Also called hi-fi.


Origin:
1930–35


high-fi⋅del⋅i⋅ty, adjective
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hi-fi 
1950, abbreviation of high fidelity (1934).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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