variants
or less commonly hi-def
: high-definition
high-def TV
high-def programming
hi-def video
high-def
noun
or less commonly hi-def
watching the game in high-def
Examples of high-def in a Sentence
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The changes start at the very front, the base of the windscreen, where revolutionary a 48-inch-wide, high-def panel stretches from door to door.
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
Other controls are: exhaust note, spoiler deployment, adaptive cruise controls, phone, audio and displays in the 12.3-inch high-def instrument cluster.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2024
With the effect of seeing a grainy cinematic reel enhanced to high-def, the Cegga 002/60 roars into view, in living color, on a country road just outside London.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2024
This Livermore movie theater and alehouse will show the NFC championship in high-def on a 30-foot screen.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
And how well will civilians bear the stress, with high-def screens substituting for portholes to ward off claustrophobia and with g-forces reminiscent of roller coasters?
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2015
At one point, even the Edge gazed upward and seemed to tunnel into the high-def splendor of what amounted to a cutting-edge art installation — less a musician deifying himself than just another somebody eager to get lost.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
The view from your nosebleed seats is going to be closer, clearer and more high-def.
—WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
The restaurant offers seating for up to 500 patrons, two large patios, retractable glass garage doors and industrial flooring, more than 40 indoor and outdoor high-def TV screens and a premium sound system.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2023
Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
Other controls are: exhaust note, spoiler deployment, adaptive cruise controls, phone, audio and displays in the 12.3-inch high-def instrument cluster.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2024
With the effect of seeing a grainy cinematic reel enhanced to high-def, the Cegga 002/60 roars into view, in living color, on a country road just outside London.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2024
This Livermore movie theater and alehouse will show the NFC championship in high-def on a 30-foot screen.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
And how well will civilians bear the stress, with high-def screens substituting for portholes to ward off claustrophobia and with g-forces reminiscent of roller coasters?
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2015
At one point, even the Edge gazed upward and seemed to tunnel into the high-def splendor of what amounted to a cutting-edge art installation — less a musician deifying himself than just another somebody eager to get lost.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
The view from your nosebleed seats is going to be closer, clearer and more high-def.
—WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
The restaurant offers seating for up to 500 patrons, two large patios, retractable glass garage doors and industrial flooring, more than 40 indoor and outdoor high-def TV screens and a premium sound system.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2023
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“High-def.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-def. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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