high tech
noun
2.
a style of interior design using industrial, commercial, and institutional fixtures, equipment, and materials, as metal warehouse shelving, factory lamps, and exposed pipes, or incorporating other elements having the stark, utilitarian appearance characteristic of industrial design.
adjective
3.
of, pertaining to, or suggesting high-tech or high technology.
Origin:
1970–75; by shortening
1970–75; by shortening
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| —n | |
| 1. | short for high technology |
| 2. | a style of interior design using features of industrial equipment |
| —adj | |
| 3. | designed for or using high technology |
| 4. | Compare low tech of or in the interior design style |
| high tech or high tech | |
| —n | |
| —adj | |
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Cultural Dictionary
high-tech definition
Short for “high technology”; the term describes industries and firms that use or produce advanced technology, especially in electronics.
high-tech definition
A descriptive term for industry heavily dependent on recent laboratory discoveries. Manufacturing computers is a typical high-tech industry.
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