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  • adjective characterized by minimal distortion in sound reproduction

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Examples

  • Cryonics is the high-fidelity preservation of the human body, and particularly the brain, after what we would call death, in anticipation of possible future revival.

    More Futurism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • EMO makes an invisible high-fidelity loudspeaker system that's built into a TV set.

    Demo retools during downturn 2009

  • On the one hand, I can appreciate the potential that a motion-controlled, not-focused-on-graphics, family-friendly console ought to have to change the industry for the better (by spearheading a move away from high-fidelity graphics and towards a bigger focus on gameplay and artistic uniqueness) ...

    Wii On The Brain SVGL 2009

  • Harman, who made his fortune developing high-fidelity sound systems, died last night from complications from leukemia.

    Mourning the death of Sidney Harman 2011

  • Of course, neither Capcom nor the Mega Man mega-franchise are indie, nor were they ever -- in the days of early Mega Man, that was high-fidelity.

    Video Game Hipsters SVGL 2009

  • Of course, neither Capcom nor the Mega Man mega-franchise are indie, nor were they ever -- in the days of early Mega Man, that was high-fidelity.

    Archive 2009-03-01 SVGL 2009

  • Well, little did we know that world-spanning, high-bandwidth internet and quick-ripping high-fidelity digital copying would render practically all music and television and film vulnerable to rampant copying and theft-consumption.

    Complete Piracy at Last « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010

  • Create a month or so of pure communion with the loved one, via a sumptuous screen and high-fidelity headset, untroubled by medical decisions and interventions, free of pain—but also free of the more pleasant forms of physical urgency.

    'And One Last Thing . .' Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • This is the price of high-fidelity cost estimation.

    MSL Problems Revisited - NASA Watch 2009

  • To help counter such safety threats, the report recommends greater reliance on high-fidelity simulators, which provide detailed recreations of the actual cockpit sounds, motion and views pilots would experience during flights.

    Panel Seeks an Upgrade in Airline Pilot Training Andy Pasztor 2011

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