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See also: Hightech and high tech

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haɪ tɛk/, [haɪ̯ tʰɛk]
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

high-tech

  1. Alternative spelling of hi-tech.
    • 1991 April 11, James Barron, “Last Automat Closes, Its Era Long Gone”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 December 2022:
      The Automat, whose gleaming chrome-and-glass machines brought high-tech eating to a low-tech era, has gulped down its last coin and served up its last helping of macaroni, baked beans and kaiser rolls.
    • 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 11 March 2023, page 68:
      The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.

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