Definition of High-speed

1. Adjective. Operating at high speed. "A high-velocity shell"

Exact synonyms: High-velocity
Similar to: Fast

Definition of High-speed

1. Adjective. That operates, moves or takes place at a greater than normal speed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of High-speed

high-ranking
high-resolution
high-resolution banding
high-resolution imaging
high-rise
high-riser
high-risers
high-rises
high-risk
high-roller
high-score table
high-score tables
high-season
high-sighted
high-sounding
high-speed (current term)
high-speed steel
high-spirited
high-spiritedness
high-stepped
high-stepping
high-sticked
high-sticking
high-stomached
high-strung
high-sudsing
high-tail
high-tech
high-tension

Literary usage of High-speed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Defense Conversion: Redirecting R&Dby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Steel-wheel trains running at more than 100 miles per hour were introduced in the United States as early as the 1930s, and high-speed trains have been ..."

2. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"Theory of High Speed Steels. Carpenter found the heating and cooling curves of a rapid steel to bs radically different from each other, and also that the ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"high-speed SERVICE. 21. It is the average speed of a train between terminals that ... A high-speed train is one that makes a high average speed; ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1903)
"high-speed ELECTRIC RAILWAY PROBLEMS. BY AH ARMSTRONG. ... Although the so-called high-speed roads stop at comparatively infrequent intervals, the relation ..."

5. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1913)
"In Europe high-speed engines are developed to a high degree of efficiency, ... high-speed engines as a class have the advantage of being more compact for a ..."

6. Transactions by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, Institution of Public Health Engineers (Great Britain) (1890)
"Comparing high-speed mules with slow, the cost for power is from 16 to 70 per ... Even with 70 per cent. more power per spindle, the high speed saves 10 per ..."

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